TY - JOUR
T1 - Schizophrenia and the risk for breast cancer
AU - Oksbjerg Dalton, Susanne
AU - Munk Laursen, Thomas
AU - Mellemkjær, Lene
AU - Johansen, Christoffer
AU - Mortensen, Preben B.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - The authors investigated the risk for breast cancer in schizophrenia in a cohort of 1,336,313 Danish women born after 1935, including information on reproductive factors. In all, 7541 had been hospitalized for schizophrenia in 1970-1997 and the overall relative risk for breast cancer adjusted for age, period, age at first birth and number of births was not increased (RR, 0.91; 95% confidence interval, 0.71-1.12). Studies not taking parity into account may overestimate the risk for breast cancer in schizophrenic women.
AB - The authors investigated the risk for breast cancer in schizophrenia in a cohort of 1,336,313 Danish women born after 1935, including information on reproductive factors. In all, 7541 had been hospitalized for schizophrenia in 1970-1997 and the overall relative risk for breast cancer adjusted for age, period, age at first birth and number of births was not increased (RR, 0.91; 95% confidence interval, 0.71-1.12). Studies not taking parity into account may overestimate the risk for breast cancer in schizophrenic women.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Risk
KW - Schizophrenia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038402736&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00430-9
DO - 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00430-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 12765748
AN - SCOPUS:0038402736
VL - 62
SP - 89
EP - 92
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
SN - 0920-9964
IS - 1-2
ER -