Open AccessDoes the Sex of the Firstborn Child Affect the Breast Cancer Risk and Survival: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Over 1 Million Cases
Author(s) -
Lukman Thalib,
Suhail A.R. Doi,
Suhad DaherNashif,
Tanya Kane,
Luis FuruyaKanamori
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
balkan medical journal/balkan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2146-3131
pISSN - 2146-3123
DOI - 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2022.2022-5-54
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , firstborn , breast cancer , meta analysis , confidence interval , affect (linguistics) , demography , cancer , gynecology , population , psychology , birth order , environmental health , communication , sociology
Reports on the risk and prognosis of breast cancer in relation to the sex of a child have been conflicting. Since medical sciences play an important role in informing sociocultural understandings of health and illness, evidence-based studies have the potential to foster or counter stigma and shape social attitudes toward a newborn’s sex.