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Table 5 Cancer diagnoses in fathers stratified based on histological subtype of breast cancer

From: Breast cancer patients with lobular cancer more commonly have a father than a mother diagnosed with cancer

 

Ductal bc

Lobular bc

Prostate cancer

4%

6%

Leukemia

2%

4%

Lung cancer

2%

1%

Stomach cancer

1%

2%

Lower GI-tract cancer

1%

3%

Sarcoma

0%

2%

Other cancer diagnoses

7%

9%

  1. Comparisons of cancer diagnoses in father of patients diagnosed with ductal and lobular breast cancer. Information regarding diagnosis was given by the breast cancer patient at time of her breast cancer diagnosis. bc = breast cancer
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