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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Surgical Oncology target breast cancer risk factors
December 25th, 2008
Fresh data on breast cancer are presented in the report 'The American Cancer Society guidelines for breast screening with magnetic resonance imaging: an argument for genetic testing.' "The American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines for screening with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) recommend MRI for women who have a lifetime risk >or=20% of developing breast cancer. Genetic testing for breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutations is offered to women who have a risk >or=10% of carrying a mutation," scientists in the United States report. "The objectives of the current study were 1) to identify the number of women in a breast cancer screening population who had...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-25)
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