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Breast Cancer
Women tend to overestimate breast cancer risk
June 30th, 2005
While breast cancer is a significant health threat - striking 211,000 American women each year - a new study finds most women have a distorted view of their risk. When asked to estimate the lifetime risk of breast cancer, 89% of women overestimated their risk, with an average estimate of 46%: more than three times the actual risk of 13%, according to a study by University of Michigan Health System researchers. "Breast cancer is so commonly in the news, and most of us can think of friends or relatives who have been diagnosed with it. That leads us to overestimate how common it really is. We forget that we know a lot of people with breast cancer...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-30)
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