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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Massachusetts
May 15th, 2008
"The study aim is to describe interest in breast cancer chemoprevention among older women without a history of breast cancer and to determine whether aging-related factors such as diminished life expectancy, increasing comorbidity and medication burden attenuate chemoprevention interest. Cross-sectional survey. University of Pennsylvania Health System," researchers in the United States report. "Four-hundred fifty-seven community-dwelling women aged 60-65 years old who were potentially eligible for breast cancer chemoprevention according to guidelines linking risk and eligibility to age. Interest in breast cancer chemoprevention, Gail model breast cancer risk, perceived...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-15)
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