Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Research in the area of breast cancer risk factors reported from Columbia University, Department of Surgery
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 27th, 2006
Investigators publish new data in the report "Predictors of breast cancer development in a high-risk population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strongest predictors of breast cancer in a high-risk population and to increase our understanding of the possible interactions between risk factors. The Women At Risk High-Risk Registry provided the study population," scientists in the United States report.
"The variables of interest included age at enrollment, presence of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), atypical lobular hyperplasia, family history of breast cancer, body mass index, and Gail scores (5-year high-risk...
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