nulliparous

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We examined the tumors of the women who had a recent birth and compared the tumor characteristics with those of women who were nulliparous or had given birth > or = 5 years before diagnosis.

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  • She's nulliparous, and didn't have any medical reason for it—except, from what you've told me, the obvious one Stone frowned. —  Analog, March 2002
  • We examined the tumors of the women who had a recent birth and compared the tumor characteristics with those of women who were nulliparous or had given birth > or = 5 years before diagnosis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • At the end of follow-up, 48. 2\% of the women (n = 83) whose last birth occurred in < 2 years of diagnosis had died, compared with 23. 3\% of nulliparous women (n = 189) and 24. 4\% of the women (n = 661) whose last birth was > or = 5 years before diagnosis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Clinicians need to be aware that women who have delivered a child in < 2 years before diagnosis are at increased risk of having tumors with especially adverse prognostic profiles and have a poorer survival rate than women who are nulliparous or whose last birth was some years in the past. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • "The increase in breast cancer incidence appears to be best explained by an increase in abortion rates, especially nulliparous abortions, and lower fertility." —  LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines
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  1. from New Latin nullipara, from L, nullus, none, + parere, bring forth.
 

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