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Breast Cancer
Study results from P. Rebora and colleagues update understanding of breast cancer
July 10th, 2008
" Women who have had a first-degree relative diagnosed with breast cancer (ie, a positive family history) have a rate of breast cancer that is approximately twice that of all women their age, but it is unclear how they should perceive this risk at different ages or if they should be considered at higher risk for the remainder of their lifetime. We used Swedish population-based data to assess the risk of breast cancer in 23654 sisters of women diagnosed with breast cancer and in 1 732 775 sisters of unaffected women from 1958 through 2001," scientists in Stockholm, Sweden report. "Poisson models were used to express the rate of breast cancer as a function of current...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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