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Breast cancer risk factors: a comparison between pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women.

Zeeshan Butt, Syed Furqan Haider Sherazi, Shumaila Arif, Muhammad Raza Khan, Umair Ashfaq, Umer Shahbaz, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari

PubMed · 2012 · 44 citations · 18 references

Abstract

Majority of risk factors for pre-menopausal breast cancer are also associated with postmenopausal breast cancer except less parity, which increased the risk for post-menopausal breast cancer only.

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