Breast cancer in Marin County
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Correspondence: Alice S Whittemore alicesw@stanford.edu
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Breast Cancer Res 2003, 5:232-234 doi:10.1186/bcr633
Published: 28 July 2003Abstract
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.