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SUBMITTER: Bonilla C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4341228 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bonilla Carolina C Bertoni Bernardo B Hidalgo Pedro C PC Artagaveytia Nora N Ackermann Elizabeth E Barreto Isabel I Cancela Paula P Cappetta Mónica M Egaña Ana A Figueiro Gonzalo G Heinzen Silvina S Hooker Stanley S Román Estela E Sans Mónica M Kittles Rick A RA
BMC women's health 20150218
<h4>Background</h4>Uruguay exhibits one of the highest rates of breast cancer in Latin America, similar to those of developed nations, the reasons for which are not completely understood. In this study we investigated the effect that ancestral background has on breast cancer susceptibility among Uruguayan women.<h4>Methods</h4>We carried out a case-control study of 328 (164 cases, 164 controls) women enrolled in public hospitals and private clinics across the country. We estimated ancestral prop ...[more]