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Breast Cancer Risk and Screening: A Comparison of Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

Dana Brandenburg, Alicia K. Matthews, Timothy P. Johnson, Tonda L. Hughes

Women & Health · 2007 · 51 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Findings suggest a small but statistically significant difference in the calculated breast cancer risk estimates of lesbian and heterosexual women, which seem to be largely accounted for by differences in reproductive risk factors.

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Validation Studies for Models Projecting the Risk of Invasive and Total Breast Cancer Incidence

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Relation between Psychiatric Syndromes and Behaviorally Defined Sexual Orientation in a Sample of the US Population

Susan D. Cochran, Vickie M. Mays · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2000 · 429 citations · Full text

Cancer-related risk indicators and preventive screening behaviors among lesbians and bisexual women

Susan D. Cochran, Vickie M. Mays, Deborah J. Bowen et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2001 · 410 citations · Full text