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Breast cancer in Israel: Laterality and survival

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Laterality was examined in 10,702 cases of breast cancer in Israeli Jewish women. The overall left-right ratio was 1.04 and was higher in women over 60. The only population group with a left-right ratio less than 1 was the group of women born in Asian and Middle Eastern countries outside of Israel. There were no differences between the survival curves of women with right- or left-sided breast cancers at any stage. It is concluded that laterality of tumor is not an indicator of survival in breast cancer.

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  1. Department of Medical Ecology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 1172, Jerusalem, Israel

    Y. Melnik, P. E. Slater & A. M. Davies

  2. Israel Central Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

    R. Steinitz

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Supported by a grant from the Ber-Lehmsdorf Fund of the Israel Cancer Association

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Melnik, Y., Slater, P.E., Steinitz, R. et al. Breast cancer in Israel: Laterality and survival. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 95, 291–293 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410651

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