Left handedness is uncommon in breast cancer patients.
Left handedness was found to be significantly less common among patients with breast cancer in southern Sweden (1.5%) than among a female referent population (5%) (P less than 0.0025). The findings lend support to theories suggesting that hormonal factors in early life are of importance both for handedness and for the risk of breast cancer.
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Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors