TY - T1 - The effect of length of birth interval on the risk of breast cancer by subtype in grand multiparous women SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/300403 T3 - A1 - Katuwal, Sushmita; Tapanainen, Juha S.; Pukkala, Eero; Kauppila, Antti A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - BackgroundThe length of interval between successive childbirths (birth interval) might influence the incidence of breast cancer, either by stimulating or by inhibiting the factors that are responsible for the initiation of breast cancer or its early development.MethodsThis is a case-control study nested in a cohort of 47,479 Finnish grand-multiparous (GM) women born after 1934, and registered as having had at least five births before 2013. The 1354 women with breast cancer diagnosis were compare... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Breast cancer; Aetiology; Risk factor; Birth spacing; Lobular; Ductal; Age at diagnosis; Menopause; Pregnancy; Age at first birth; Age at last birth; birth interval; FULL-TERM PREGNANCY; TRANSIENT INCREASE; AGE; PARITY; EXPERIENCE; CARCINOMA; LACTATION; 3122 Cancers N1 - PP - ER -