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Familial breast cancer: Genetics and counseling
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Introduction
Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy of women in the world. It accounts for about 18% of female cancer cases.[1] The overall incidence of cancer in India is 36.2/100,000 population with marked variation in the different regions of the country. In males cancer of lung, stomach, cancer of oesophagus are the commonest sites of cancer. In females cancer breast is the commonest neoplasm in most of the areas except Chennai where cancer of cervix is the cancer.[2] Various risk factors implicated are age at menarche, age at first live born child, breast feeding and family history of ...
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