Breast cancer and cerebral laterality.
In reviewing and summarizing work at our institution, we have identified some surprising consistencies in patients with breast cancer. Breast cancer shows four features of cerebral laterality: excess left-handedness, atypical season-of-birth patterns, the risk factor of advanced maternal age, and an association with prenatal sex hormones. Since hypopigmentation also relates to cerebral laterality, a consequence of the association of breast cancer and cerebral laterality is that eye color should be measured as a function of side of disease and age at diagnosis in women with breast cancer.
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Dartmouth Medical School.
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D012880:Skin Pigmentation