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SUBMITTER: Gates MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3655700 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gates Margaret A MA Xu Mousheng M Chen Wendy Y WY Kraft Peter P Hankinson Susan E SE Wolpin Brian M BM
International journal of cancer 20120210 9
ABO blood type has been associated with risk and survival for several malignancies; however, data for an association with breast cancer are inconsistent. Our study population consisted of Nurses' Health Study participants with self-reported serologic blood type and/or ABO genotype. Using Cox proportional hazards regression, we examined the association between serologic blood type and incident breast cancer among 67,697 women, including 3,107 cases. In addition, we examined the association with A ...[more]