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1994 • 5,994 citations

Identification of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2

1995 • 3,581 citations

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1983 • 1,720 citations

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1983 • 323 citations

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1980 • 269 citations

A Case-Control Study of Menopausal Estrogen Therapy and Breast Cancer

1980 • 254 citations

A comprehensive evaluation of family history and breast cancer risk. The Utah Population Database

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Risk factors for breast cancer in Chinese women in Shanghai.

1988 • 241 citations

Family History and the Risk of Breast Cancer

1985 • 222 citations

Family History, Age, and Risk of Breast Cancer

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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Family History and Breast Cancer Risk

1993 • 187 citations

Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer Risk Among Younger Women

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1990 • 181 citations

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1986 • 171 citations

The epidemiology of breast cancer in 785 united states caucasian women

1978 • 157 citations

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1991 • 155 citations

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1987 • 155 citations

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1988 • 148 citations

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1992 • 147 citations

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1988 • 137 citations

Breast Cancer Among Young U.S. Women in Relation to Oral Contraceptive Use

1994 • 131 citations

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1996 • 126 citations

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1980 • 106 citations

Interaction of Familial and Hormonal Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

1982 • 105 citations

BREAST CANCER AND BREASTFEEDING: RESULTS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN CASE-CONTROL STUDY

1989 • 103 citations

Exogenous estrogen and breast cancer after bilateral oophorectomy

1984 • 97 citations

THE ASSOCIATION OF AGE AND FAMILIAL RISK IN A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF BREAST CANCER

1990 • 97 citations

Oral contraceptives and risk of breast cancer in women aged 20-54 years

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Breast cancer and combined oral contraceptives: results from a multinational study

1990 • 93 citations

General Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Northern Italy

1987 • 89 citations

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1987 • 88 citations

Early Oral Contraceptive Use and Breast Cancer Among Premenopausal Women: Final Report From a Study in Southern Sweden

1989 • 85 citations

The association of replacement estrogens with breast cancer

1986 • 83 citations

Risk factors for breast cancer in chinese women of Beijing

1988 • 81 citations

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Family History, Age, and Risk of Fatal Breast Cancer

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Characteristics of familial breast cancer in sweden: Absence of relation to age and unilateral versus bilateral disease

1981 • 71 citations

Noncontraceptive hormone use and risk of breast cancer

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1990 • 69 citations

Heterogeneity of the Effect of Family History on Breast Cancer Risk

1991 • 60 citations

Variables Related to Human Breast Cancer

1958 • 53 citations

Risk of Breast Cancer in Relation to Cigarette Smoking

1988 • 51 citations

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A Case-Control Study on Breast Cancer Risk Factors in a Southern European Population

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Investigations on Genetic Aspects of Carcinoma of the Stomach and Breast

1955 • 51 citations

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A prospective study of reproductive, familial and socioeconomic risk factors for breast cancer using NHANES I data.

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Association of Body Fat Distribution and Family Histories of Breast and Ovarian Cancer with Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

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Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer: A French Case-Control Study

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A Positive Family History of Breast Cancer

1990 • 39 citations

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1980 • 39 citations

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Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Italian Women: A Multicentric Case-Control Study

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Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study

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Oral contraceptives and breast cancer: A case‐control study with hospital and community controls

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BREAST FEEDING, FAMILY HISTORY, AND BREAST DISEASE1

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1954 • 15 citations

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1959 • 10 citations

Cancer in Families. A Study of the Relatives of 200 Breast Cancer Probands.

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1952 • 7 citations

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1986 • 1 citations

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1955 • 0 citations