Annals of epidemiology
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Annals of epidemiology · Sep 2013
Risk factors for pregnancy-associated breast cancer: a report from the Nigerian Breast Cancer Study.
Little is known about risk factors for pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC), diagnosed during pregnancy or postpartum. ⋯ Parity may have different roles in the development of PABC versus other premenopausal breast cancer in Nigerian women. Prospective mothers with multiple births and a family history of breast cancer may have an elevated risk of breast cancer during their immediate postpartum period.