Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Researchers from University of Melbourne, Key Center for Women's Health in Society publish new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer risk factors
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 20th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Using mammographic density to improve breast cancer screening outcomes.' According to a study from Melbourne, Australia, "It is possible that the performance of mammographic screening would be improved if it is targeted at women at higher risk of breast cancer or who are more likely to have their cancer missed at screening, through more intensive screening or alternative screening modalities. We conducted a case-control study within a population-based Australian mammographic screening program (1,706 invasive breast cancers and 5,637 randomly selected controls)."
"We used logistic regression to examine the effects of breast...
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