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May 29, 2007British Journal of CancerOpen Access

Recent increase of breast cancer incidence among women under the age of forty

Christine Bouchardy G Fioretta Helena M. Verkooijen Georges Vlastos P Schaefer J.-F. Delaloye I. Neyroud-Caspar Sabine Balmer Majno Y. Wespi M. Forni Pierre O. Chappuis A-P Sappino Elisabetta Rapiti

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Abstract

Using data from the Geneva Cancer Registry, we found that in 2002-2004, breast cancer incidence in women aged 25-39 years increased by 46.7% per year (95% CI: 7.1-74.0, P=0.015), which surveillance or detection bias may not fully explain.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a75646dfc5fd65369f5469d https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603783

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