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Gender of offspring is influenced by maternal hormonal level during pregnancy, which is blieved to influence the subsequent maternal breast cancer risk. However, analysing national birth and cancer registrations in a cohort of 998 499 women, we found no association between gender of offspring and subsequent breast cancer risk. © 2000 Cancer Research Campaign
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Wohlfahrt, J., Melbye, M. Gender of offspring and long-term maternal breast cancer risk. Br J Cancer 82, 1070–1072 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.1999.1044
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