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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

BMC Cancer | Full text | Breast cancer patients with lobular cancer more commonly have a father than a mother diagnosed with cancer



Conclusion

We propose that lobular breast cancer is associated with having a father diagnosed with cancer, most commonly prostate carcinoma. Since the association remained after excluding family history of breast cancer, the association seems independent of classical breast cancer heredity. The association with a father diagnosed with cancer also remained after removing prostate cancer, indicating an independence from prostate cancer as well. The reason for this association is genetically unclear, but could involve sex-specific imprinting.

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