Breast cancer in Marin County

doi:10.1186/bcr633

Breast Cancer Res

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Breast cancer in Marin County

Alice S Whittemore

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

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Breast Cancer Res 2003, 5:232-234doi:10.1186/bcr633


Published:	28 July 2003

Abstract

Two articles previously published in Breast Cancer Research illustrate the high rates of breast cancer in Marin County, a wealthy, urban county immediately northwest of the city of San Francisco. I herein comment on these articles, and on the political/psychological/scientific dilemma presented by regions with high cancer rates, such as Marin County. I discuss possible causes for such cancer 'clusters', and conclude with some thoughts about the future.