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Ellen Chang

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  • Incomplete pregnancy is not associated with breast cancer risk: the California Teachers Study.

    Henderson KD, Sullivan-Halley J, Reynolds P, Horn-Ross PL, Clarke CA, Chang ET, Neuhausen S, Ursin G, Bernstein L. Contraception. 2008; 77 (6): 391-6

    Early studies of incomplete pregnancy and development of breast cancer suggested that induced abortion might increase risk. Several large prospective studies, which eliminate recall bias, did not detect associations, but this relationship continues to be debated.

    PubMedID: 18477486

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