Breast Cancer Research

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Epidemiology of breast cancer subtypes in two prospective cohort studies of breast cancer survivors

Marilyn L Kwan1*, Lawrence H Kushi1, Erin Weltzien1, Benjamin Maring1, Susan E Kutner2, Regan S Fulton3, Marion M Lee4, Christine B Ambrosone5 and Bette J Caan1

Author Affiliations

1 Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

2 Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, 280 Hospital Parkway, San Jose, CA 95119, USA

3 Kaiser Permanente, Regional Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, 350 St. Joseph's Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA

4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Box 0981, 185 Berry Street 6600, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0981, USA

5 Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA

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Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R31 doi:10.1186/bcr2261


See related editorial by Troester and Swift-Scanlan, http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/11/3/104

Published: 22 May 2009

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A word file containing a table that lists previous studies that have examined associations between common breast cancer risk factors and breast cancer tumor subtypes.

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A word file containing a table that lists the distribution of demographic, reproductive, and lifestyle risk factors in the LACE and Pathways studies individually and combined (n = 2544).

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A word file containing a table that lists case-only odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from logistic regression models of associations between breast cancer tumor subtypes and demographic, reproductive, and lifestyle risk factors, LACE study (n = 1821).

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A word file containing a table that shows case-only odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from logistic regression models of associations between breast cancer tumor subtypes and demographic, reproductive, and lifestyle risk factors, Pathways study (n = 723).

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