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10-year performance of four models of breast cancer risk: a validation study

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

19p13.1 is a triple-negative-specific breast cancer susceptibility locus

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

2q36.3 is associated with prognosis for oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy

scientific article

9q31.2-rs865686 as a susceptibility locus for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: evidence from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

scientific article published on 02 August 2012

A comprehensive evaluation of interaction between genetic variants and use of menopausal hormone therapy on mammographic density

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A cross-sectional study of different patterns of oral contraceptive use among premenopausal women and circulating IGF-1: implications for disease risk

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A genome-wide association study of early-onset breast cancer identifies PFKM as a novel breast cancer gene and supports a common genetic spectrum for breast cancer at any age.

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A large-scale assessment of two-way SNP interactions in breast cancer susceptibility using 46,450 cases and 42,461 controls from the breast cancer association consortium

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A multi-wavelength, laser-based optical spectroscopy device for breast density and breast cancer risk pre-screening

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ADH3 genotype, alcohol intake and breast cancer risk

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Accuracy of Risk Estimates from the iPrevent Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Management Tool

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Accuracy of Self-Reported Breast Cancer Information among Women from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry

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Accuracy of Self-Reported Screening Mammography Use: Examining Recall among Female Relatives from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on August 2013

Adherence to breast and ovarian cancer screening recommendations for female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Age- and Tumor Subtype-Specific Breast Cancer Risk Estimates for CHEK2*1100delC Carriers

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Age-specific breast cancer risk by body mass index and familial risk: prospective family study cohort (ProF-SC)

Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking in combination: A predictor of contralateral breast cancer risk in the WECARE study

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Alcohol intake and cigarette smoking and risk of a contralateral breast cancer: The Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study

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An assessment of the influence of clinical breast examination reports on the interpretation of mammograms in a breast screening program. Ontario Breast Screening Program Radiologists Research Group

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

An intergenic risk locus containing an enhancer deletion in 2q35 modulates breast cancer risk by deregulating IGFBP5 expression

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An inverse association between ovarian cysts and breast cancer in the breast cancer family registry

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Assessing interactions between the associations of common genetic susceptibility variants, reproductive history and body mass index with breast cancer risk in the breast cancer association consortium: a combined case-control study

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Assessment of variation in immunosuppressive pathway genes reveals TGFBR2 to be associated with prognosis of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer after chemotherapy

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Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci.

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Association between IGF1 CA microsatellites and mammographic density, anthropometric measures, and circulating IGF-I levels in premenopausal Caucasian women

Association between biallelic and monoallelic germline MYH gene mutations and colorectal cancer risk

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Association between transillumination breast spectroscopy and quantitative mammographic features of the breast

scientific article published in May 2008

Association of 25(OH)D and PTH with metabolic syndrome and its traditional and nontraditional components

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Association of Common Genetic Variants With Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in the WECARE Study

scientific article published on October 2017

Association of Prepubertal and Adolescent Androgen Concentrations With Timing of Breast Development and Family History of Breast Cancer

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Association of Vitamin D Related Information from a Telephone Interview with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

Association of apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and dietary factors in colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 19 May 2009

Association of genetic susceptibility variants for type 2 diabetes with breast cancer risk in women of European ancestry

scientific article published on 06 April 2016

Association of vitamin D with insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction in subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes ⬇️

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Associations of breast cancer risk factors with tumor subtypes: a pooled analysis from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium studies

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Associations of common variants at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1) with breast cancer risk and heterogeneity by tumor subtype: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

scientific article published on 18 August 2011

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, oral contraceptive use, and breast cancer before age 50.

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BRCA2 Polymorphic Stop Codon K3326X and the Risk of Breast, Prostate, and Ovarian Cancers

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Beliefs about optimal age and screening frequency predict breast screening adherence in a prospective study of female relatives from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry ⬇️

scientific article published on July 12, 2012

Benign breast disease increases breast cancer risk independent of underlying familial risk profile: Findings from a Prospective Family Study Cohort

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article published in December 2017

Body mass index, weight change, and risk of second primary breast cancer in the WECARE study: influence of estrogen receptor status of the first breast cancer

scientific article published on 03 October 2016

Breast Cancer Family History and Allele-Specific DNA Methylation in the Legacy Girls Study

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Breast Cancer Family History and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women: An Update From the Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study

article by Anne S Reiner et al published 20 May 2018 in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Breast cancer risk for noncarriers of family-specific BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: findings from the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Breast cancer risk variants at 6q25 display different phenotype associations and regulate ESR1, RMND1 and CCDC170.

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Breast cancer survival among young women: a review of the role of modifiable lifestyle factors

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CHEK2*1100delC heterozygosity in women with breast cancer associated with early death, breast cancer-specific death, and increased risk of a second breast cancer

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CYP2D6 phenotype, tamoxifen, and risk of contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE Study

Characteristics Associated with Participation at Various Stages at the Ontario Site of the Cooperative Family Registry for Breast Cancer Studies ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Cohort Profile: The Breast Cancer Prospective Family Study Cohort (ProF-SC)

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Combined effect of CCND1 and COMT polymorphisms and increased breast cancer risk

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Common breast cancer susceptibility variants in LSP1 and RAD51L1 are associated with mammographic density measures that predict breast cancer risk

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Common germline polymorphisms associated with breast cancer-specific survival

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Common non-synonymous SNPs associated with breast cancer susceptibility: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

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Comparison of 6q25 breast cancer hits from Asian and European Genome Wide Association Studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC)

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Comparison of Clinical, Maternal, and Self Pubertal Assessments: Implications for Health Studies

scientific article published on 08 June 2016

Comparison of methods to assess onset of breast development in the LEGACY Girls Study: methodological considerations for studies of breast cancer

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Confirmation of 5p12 as a susceptibility locus for progesterone-receptor-positive, lower grade breast cancer

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Correction: Comparison of 6q25 Breast Cancer Hits from Asian and European Genome Wide Association Studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Correlation of DNA methylation levels in blood and saliva DNA in young girls of the LEGACY Girls study

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DNA mismatch repair gene MSH6 implicated in determining age at natural menopause

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Diagnostic chest X-rays and breast cancer risk before age 50 years for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

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Dietary isoflavone intake and all-cause mortality in breast cancer survivors: The Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Does perceived risk predict breast cancer screening use? Findings from a prospective cohort study of female relatives from the Ontario site of the breast cancer family registry

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Estimation of mammographic density on an interval scale by transillumination breast spectroscopy

scientific article published in November 2008

Ethnicity, but not cancer family history, is related to response to a population-based mailed questionnaire

scientific article published in January 2004

Evaluation of variation in the phosphoinositide-3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha oncogene and breast cancer risk

scientific article published on 27 October 2011

Evidence of gene-environment interactions between common breast cancer susceptibility loci and established environmental risk factors

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Evidence that breast cancer risk at the 2q35 locus is mediated through IGFBP5 regulation

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FGF receptor genes and breast cancer susceptibility: results from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

scientific article published on February 2014

Family history of hormonal cancers and colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study conducted in Ontario

scientific article published on August 2009

Family-based association study of IGF1 microsatellites and height, weight, and body mass index

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Family-based genetic association study of insulin-like growth factor I microsatellite markers and premenopausal breast cancer risk

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Fine-Mapping of the 1p11.2 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Locus

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Fine-mapping identifies two additional breast cancer susceptibility loci at 9q31.2.

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Fine-scale mapping of 8q24 locus identifies multiple independent risk variants for breast cancer

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Fine-scale mapping of the 4q24 locus identifies two independent loci associated with breast cancer risk

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Fine-scale mapping of the 5q11.2 breast cancer locus reveals at least three independent risk variants regulating MAP3K1.

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Fine-scale mapping of the FGFR2 breast cancer risk locus: putative functional variants differentially bind FOXA1 and E2F1.

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Frequency of p53 mutations in breast carcinomas from Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of BRCA1 mutations

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Functional characterization of novel presenilin-2 variants identified in human breast cancers

Functional mechanisms underlying pleiotropic risk alleles at the 19p13.1 breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility locus

scientific article published on 7 September 2016

Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Genetic determinants of telomere length and risk of common cancers: a Mendelian randomization study

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Genetic modifiers of CHEK2*1100delC-associated breast cancer risk

scientific article published on 06 October 2016

Genetic modifiers of menopausal hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: a genome-wide interaction study

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Genetic predisposition to in situ and invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

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Genetic variants in vitamin d pathway genes and risk of pancreas cancer; results from a population-based case-control study in ontario, Canada

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Genetic variants of GPX1 and SOD2 and breast cancer risk at the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published in January 2004

Genetic variation at CYP3A is associated with age at menarche and breast cancer risk: a case-control study

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Genetic variation in mitotic regulatory pathway genes is associated with breast tumor grade

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Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Data from 145,000 Women of European Descent

scientific article (publication date: August 2016)

Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types

scientific article published in September 2016

Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

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Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

scientific article published in April 2013

Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

HER-2/neu status and tumor morphology of invasive breast carcinomas in Ashkenazi women with known BRCA1 mutation status in the Ontario Familial Breast Cancer Registry

scientific article published in November 2002

Height and Breast Cancer Risk: Evidence From Prospective Studies and Mendelian Randomization

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Hormone receptor status of a first primary breast cancer predicts contralateral breast cancer risk in the WECARE study population

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Human subjects protection: an event monitoring committee for research studies of girls from breast cancer families

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Identification and characterization of novel associations in the CASP8/ALS2CR12 region on chromosome 2 with breast cancer risk

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Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

Identification of germline alterations of the mad homology 2 domain of SMAD3 and SMAD4 from the Ontario site of the breast cancer family registry (CFR) ⬇️

scientific article published on August 11, 2011

Identification of independent association signals and putative functional variants for breast cancer risk through fine-scale mapping of the 12p11 locus

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Identification of new genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer through consideration of gene-environment interactions

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Identification of novel genetic markers of breast cancer survival

scientific article published on 18 April 2015

Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Impact of familial risk and mammography screening on prognostic indicators of breast disease among women from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published in June 2014

Increased cancer risks for relatives of very early-onset breast cancer cases with and without BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations

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Individual and family characteristics associated with protein truncating BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in an Ontario population based series from the Cooperative Family Registry for Breast Cancer Studies

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Influence of perceived breast cancer risk on screening behaviors of female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Influence of young age at diagnosis and family history of breast or ovarian cancer on breast cancer outcomes in a population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 18 November 2006

Inherited variants in the inner centromere protein (INCENP) gene of the chromosomal passenger complex contribute to the susceptibility of ER-negative breast cancer

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Investigation of gene-environment interactions between 47 newly identified breast cancer susceptibility loci and environmental risk factors

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Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair

scientific article published in December 2015

Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

scientific article published in November 2015

Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

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Light and exercise and melatonin production in women

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MLH1 -93G>A promoter polymorphism and the risk of microsatellite-unstable colorectal cancer

scientific article published in March 2007

MSH2 118T>C and MSH6 159C>T promoter polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Macronutrient intake and change in mammographic density at menopause: results from a randomized trial

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Mammographic densities and breast cancer risk

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Mammographic densities and risk of breast cancer among subjects with a family history of this disease

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Medical radiation exposure and breast cancer risk: findings from the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on July 2007

Methodological issues in detecting gene-gene interactions in breast cancer susceptibility: a population-based study in Ontario

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Methylation of adenomatous polyposis coli in endometrial cancer occurs more frequently in tumors with microsatellite instability phenotype.

scientific article published on July 2002

MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

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Missense polymorphisms in the adenomatous polyposis coli gene and colorectal cancer risk ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

scientific article published on April 2013

Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

scientific article published on 29 March 2009

No Association Between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Mammographic Density

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

No clinical utility of KRAS variant rs61764370 for ovarian or breast cancer.

scientific article published in May 2015

No increased risk of breast cancer associated with alcohol consumption among carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations ages <50 years

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Non-invasive optical spectroscopic monitoring of breast development during puberty

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

Novel Associations between Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Variants and Risk-Predicting Mammographic Density Measures

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Occupation and risk of germ cell testicular cancer by histologic type in Ontario

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

Oral contraceptive use and risk of early-onset breast cancer in carriers and noncarriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations

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Ovarian cysts and breast cancer: results from the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study

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PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS

scientific article published in December 2016

Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

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Parental occupational exposure and the risk of testicular cancer in Ontario

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Perceived risk and adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among women with a familial history of breast cancer: A review of the literature ⬇️

scientific article published on January 10, 2013

Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

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Polymorphisms XRCC1-R399Q and XRCC3-T241M and the risk of breast cancer at the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry.

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Polymorphisms cMyc-N11S and p27-V109G and breast cancer risk and prognosis

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Polymorphisms in a Putative Enhancer at the 10q21.2 Breast Cancer Risk Locus Regulate NRBF2 Expression

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Population-based estimates of breast cancer risks associated with ATM gene variants c.7271T>G and c.1066-6T>G (IVS10-6T>G) from the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published in November 2006

Prediction of breast cancer risk based on profiling with common genetic variants

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Predictors of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Measured at Multiple Time Points in a Multiethnic Population

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Promoter methylation of Wnt antagonistsDKK1andSFRP1is associated with opposing tumor subtypes in two large populations of colorectal cancer patients ⬇️

scientific article published on February 8, 2011

Promoter methylation of Wnt5a is associated with microsatellite instability and BRAF V600E mutation in two large populations of colorectal cancer patients ⬇️

scientific article published on May 17, 2011

Prospective association of 25(OH)D with metabolic syndrome

scientific article published in April 2013

Prospective associations of vitamin D with β-cell function and glycemia: the PROspective Metabolism and ISlet cell Evaluation (PROMISE) cohort study

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Psychosocial Adjustment in School-age Girls With a Family History of Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Pubertal development in girls by breast cancer family history: the LEGACY girls cohort

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Publisher Correction: Evidence that breast cancer risk at the 2q35 locus is mediated through IGFBP5 regulation.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Publisher Correction: Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Putting the risk of breast cancer in perspective

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Recreational Physical Activity Is Associated with Reduced Breast Cancer Risk in Adult Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: A Cohort Study of Women Selected for Familial and Genetic Risk

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Regular use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and breast cancer risk for women at familial or genetic risk: a cohort study

Reproductive factors, tumor estrogen receptor status and contralateral breast cancer risk: results from the WECARE study

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Reproductive profiles and risk of breast cancer subtypes: a multi-center case-only study.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Reproductive risk factors and oestrogen/progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer in the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Reproductive status at first diagnosis influences risk of radiation-induced second primary contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE study

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Risk factors for uncommon histologic subtypes of breast cancer using centralized pathology review in the Breast Cancer Family Registry

scientific article published on 25 April 2012

Risk of asynchronous contralateral breast cancer in noncarriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with a family history of breast cancer: a report from the Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study

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SNP-SNP interaction analysis of NF-κB signaling pathway on breast cancer survival

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

SNP-SNP interactions in breast cancer susceptibility

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

STROBE-ME - illuminating methodological issues for the reporting of molecular epidemiology data

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Second primary breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: 10-year cumulative incidence in the Breast Cancer Family Registry

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Serum osteoprotegerin levels and mammographic density among high-risk women

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Solar ultraviolet-B radiation and vitamin D: a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey ⬇️

scientific article published on August 15, 2012

Systemic therapy for breast cancer and risk of subsequent contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE Study

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

The Breast Cancer Family Registry: an infrastructure for cooperative multinational, interdisciplinary and translational studies of the genetic epidemiology of breast cancer

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The CHEK2*1100delC allelic variant and risk of breast cancer: screening results from the Breast Cancer Family Registry

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The Cooperative Familial Registry for Breast Cancer Studies: design and first year recruitment rates in Ontario

scientific article published in January 2001

The LEGACY Girls Study: Growth and Development in the Context of Breast Cancer Family History

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

The SNP rs6500843 in 16p13.3 is associated with survival specifically among chemotherapy-treated breast cancer patients

scientific article published on April 2015

The association between breast tissue optical content and mammographic density in pre- and post-menopausal women

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The association of mammographic density with risk of contralateral breast cancer and change in density with treatment in the WECARE study

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

The dynamic DNA methylation landscape of the mutL homolog 1 shore is altered by MLH1-93G>A polymorphism in normal tissues and colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

The potential value of sibling controls compared with population controls for association studies of lifestyle-related risk factors: an example from the Breast Cancer Family Registry

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Total energy intake and breast cancer risk in sisters: the Breast Cancer Family Registry

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Ultraviolet sunlight exposure during adolescence and adulthood and breast cancer risk: a population-based case-control study among Ontario women

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Variation in genes related to obesity, weight, and weight change and risk of contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE Study population

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Vitamin D and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Vitamin D and calcium intakes and breast cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

Vitamin D association with estradiol and progesterone in young women

scientific article published in March 2010

Vitamin D from dietary intake and sunlight exposure and the risk of hormone-receptor-defined breast cancer

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

Vitamin D intake is negatively associated with promoter methylation of the Wnt antagonist gene DKK1 in a large group of colorectal cancer patients

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Vitamin D-Related Genetic Variants, Interactions with Vitamin D Exposure, and Breast Cancer Risk among Caucasian Women in Ontario

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Worry Is Good for Breast Cancer Screening: A Study of Female Relatives from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry ⬇️

scientific article published on June 28, 2012

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