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The association between oral contraceptive use and lobular and ductal breast cancer in young women

  1. Sarah J. Nyante1,*,
  2. Marilie D. Gammon1,
  3. Kathleen E. Malone2,
  4. Janet R. Daling2,
  5. Louise A. Brinton3

Article first published online: 23 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23163

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 122, Issue 4, pages 936–941, 15 February 2008

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Nyante, S. J., Gammon, M. D., Malone, K. E., Daling, J. R. and Brinton, L. A. (2008), The association between oral contraceptive use and lobular and ductal breast cancer in young women. Int. J. Cancer, 122: 936–941. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23163

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  1. 1

    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

  2. 2

    Division of Public Health Sciences, Epidemiology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

  3. 3

    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

*CB# 7435, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 DEC 2007
  2. Article first published online: 23 OCT 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 AUG 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 APR 2007

Funded by

  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Numbers: NCI-NO1-CP-95671, N01-CN-0532, 5-T32-CA009330
  • National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences. Grant Number: P30ES10126
  • NCI Intramural Research Program

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