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Breast Cancer
Relationship of Morman beliefs on breast cancer incidence and survival
September 1st, 2005
The relationship of Morman beliefs on breast cancer incidence and survival was recently studied. "Female breast cancer incidence rates in Utah are among the lowest in the U.S.," investigators in the United States report. "The influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) religion on these rates, as well as on disease-specific survival, will be explored for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer in Utah from 1985 through 1999," wrote R.M. Merrill and colleagues, Brigham Young University. "Population-based records for incident female breast cancer patients were linked with membership records from the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-01)
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