Breast Cancer Res. 2003;5(5):232-4. Epub 2003 Jul 28.

Breast cancer in Marin County.

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Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. alicesw@stanford.edu

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Two articles previously published in Breast Cancer Research illustrate the high rates of breast cancer in Marin County, a wealthy, urban county immediately northwest of the city of San Francisco. I herein comment on these articles, and on the political/psychological/scientific dilemma presented by regions with high cancer rates, such as Marin County. I discuss possible causes for such cancer 'clusters', and conclude with some thoughts about the future.

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