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Breast Cancer
Reports by A. Crispo and co-researchers describe recent advances in breast cancer
June 26th, 2008
"An approach commonly used in estimating breast cancer risk is the Gail model. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and impact of adding extended family history as a new breast cancer risk factor into the Gail model," researchers in Naples, Italy report. "The data of the present study include cases with breast cancer and hospitalized controls recruited in the National Cancer Institute of Naples (southern Italy) between 1997 and 2000. We compared the first-degree relative (FDR) risk factor (standard Gail model) with the second-degree relative (SDR) information; and the FDR risk factor (standard Gail model) with the combination of FDR and SDR. We...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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