© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 16, 1347,
August 18, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Although several risk factors for breast cancer have been identified, researchers continue to
investigate potential causes. Bonnet et al. (p. 1376) have examined 100
invasive breast cancers for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which has been associated
with Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and, more recently, other
malignancies. By use of the polymerase chain reaction, they found evidence of EBV DNA in 51
of the 100 tumors. Because the virus was only detected in 10% of samples of healthy tissue
adjacent to the tumors,
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