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Breast Cancer
New research on breast cancer from A.G. Levy and co-authors summarized
April 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Cancer risk calculators on the internet have the potential to provide users with valuable information about their individual cancer risk. However, the lack of oversight of these sites raises concerns about low quality and inconsistent information." "These concerns led us to evaluate internet cancer risk calculators. After a systematic search to find all cancer risk calculators on the internet, we reviewed the content of each site for information that users should seek to evaluate the quality of a website. We then examined the consistency of the breast cancer risk calculators by having 27 women complete 10 of the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-03)
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