title: Family history of breast and ovarian cancer among breast-cancer patients in the Connecticut Tumor Registry.
abstract: Using the database of the population-based Connecticut Tumor Registry (CTR), along with the supplemental data obtained from Connecticut hospitals, 111 cases reporting one or more first-degree relatives with breast and/or ovarian cancer were identified among 1,077 incident female breast-cancer patients diagnosed at age <60 years in 1992. Stage at diagnosis and histology for invasive cancers did not differ between 99 family history-positive cases and 320 cases with no family history of any cancer. The CTR could be useful in clinical and epidemiologic studies involving inherited susceptibility to breast-cancer.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Policy, Planning and Research, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, USA.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Polednak
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Flannery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries