Journal article
Breastfeeding and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: BRCA mutation carriers face a high lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. The strong inverse association between breastfeeding and the risk of ovarian cancer is established in the general population but is less well studied among women with a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
METHOD: Thus, we conducted a matched case-control analysis to evaluate the association between breastfeeding history and the risk of developing ovarian …
Authors
Kotsopoulos J; Gronwald J; McCuaig JM; Karlan BY; Eisen A; Tung N; Bordeleau L; Senter L; Eng C; Couch F
Journal
Gynecologic Oncology, Vol. 159, No. 3, pp. 820–826
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.09.037
ISSN
0090-8258