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SUBMITTER: John EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341739 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
John Esther M EM Terry Mary Beth MB Keegan Theresa H M TH Bradbury Angela R AR Knight Julia A JA Chung Wendy K WK Frost Caren J CJ Lilge Lothar L Patrick-Miller Linda L Schwartz Lisa A LA Whittemore Alice S AS Buys Saundra S SS Daly Mary B MB Andrulis Irene L IL
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 20160501 3
<h4>Background</h4>Although the timing of pubertal milestones has been associated with breast cancer risk, few studies of girls' development include girls at increased breast cancer risk due to their family history.<h4>Methods</h4>The Lessons in Epidemiology and Genetics of Adult Cancer from Youth (LEGACY) Girls Study was initiated in 2011 in the USA and Canada to assess the relation between early life exposures and intermediate markers of breast cancer risk (e.g., pubertal development, breast t ...[more]