Re: Pregnancies, Breastfeeding, and Breast Cancer Risk in the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study (IBCCS)

A recent report on the association between pregnancies and breast cancer risk in a large cohort of 1601 BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is discussed. They showed that later age at first full-term pregnancy was associated with a reduction in the risk of breast cancer for BRCA1 mutation carriers. This issue...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007-07, Vol.99 (14), p.1130-1131
Main Authors: Huiart, Laetitia, Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Breast cancer
Breast Feeding
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Computer Simulation
Family planning
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2
Genetics
Humans
Models, Biological
Mutation
Pregnancy
Risk factors
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Summary:A recent report on the association between pregnancies and breast cancer risk in a large cohort of 1601 BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is discussed. They showed that later age at first full-term pregnancy was associated with a reduction in the risk of breast cancer for BRCA1 mutation carriers. This issue is important because it may affect the type of family planning counseling that young women receive.
ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/djm039