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Urinary II-Deoxy-17-oxosteroids in British and Japanese Women with Reference to the Incidence of Breast Cancer

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Wynder, Bross and Hirayama1 found that the incidence of breast cancer in Japan is only one-eighth of that in white women in North America or Great Britain. As a result of an investigation of suspected ætiological factors they came to the conclusion that it might be profitable to examine the possibility of basic endocrinological differences between the two races.

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  1. Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.2

    R. D. BULBROOK & B. S. THOMAS

  2. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1–3 Chome, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

    J. UTSUNOMIYA

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BULBROOK, R., THOMAS, B. & UTSUNOMIYA, J. Urinary II-Deoxy-17-oxosteroids in British and Japanese Women with Reference to the Incidence of Breast Cancer. Nature 201, 189–190 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201189a0

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