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Breast Cancer
Reports outline breast cancer study results from A.Z. Crepeau et al
June 19th, 2008
"To determine the accuracy of personal breast cancer risk estimation, interviews were conducted of 110 women between November 2004 and May 2005 during primary care visits. The average age of the women was 39 years," investigators in the United States report. "Considering their lifetime breast cancer risk, 49% of women perceived their risk to be low, 35% average, and 11% high. Compared to Gail-model lifetime risk scores, 62% of women were inaccurate and underestimated or overestimated risk. Factors affecting accuracy of risk prediction were race, family history of cancer, alcohol use and exercise," wrote A.Z. Crepeau and colleagues. The researchers...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-19)
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