Transient Increase in the Risk of Breast Cancer after Giving Birth
Authors:
- Mats LambeMLMats Lambe
- Chung-Cheng HsiehCHChung-Cheng Hsieh
- Dimitrios TrichopoulosDTDimitrios Trichopoulos
- Anders EkbomAEAnders Ekbom
- Maria PaviaMPMaria Pavia
- Hans-Olov AdamiHAHans-Olov Adami
- 7 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (1) , 5-9
Abstract
The effect of pregnancy on the risk of breast cancer is not clear. We tested the hypothesis that the risk of breast cancer increases transiently after pregnancy but then falls to a level below that of age-matched nulliparous women.Keywords
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