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• Smoking doubles danger of developing breast cancer for high risk women, says new international study 

Jump to full article: University of Melbourne (au), 2007-11-27

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Women who carry a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene - which puts them at high risk of developing breast cancer - will further double their risk if they smoke, says a new international study.

University of Melbourne researchers were key collaborators on the study, currently published online in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

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