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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Julia Pereira
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13293 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20080101 1
Breast cancer risk has traditionally been linked to nulliparity or late first full-term pregnancy, whereas young age at first childbirth, multiparity, and breast-feeding are associated with a reduced risk. Early pregnancy confers protection by inducing breast differentiation, which imprints a specific and permanent genomic signature in experimental rodent models. For testing whether the same phenomenon was detectable in the atrophic breast of postmenopausal parous women, we designed a case-contr ...[more]