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ratelena [41]
3 years ago
9

After gender and age, what is the strongest known predictive risk factor for breast cancer?

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1 answer:
andrew-mc [135]3 years ago
8 0
Genetics is the strongest known factor after gender and age. Genetics is one of the strongest factors in, if not all, many types of cancer.

Hope it helped,

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