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Breast Cancer
Reports from New York University add new data to research in breast cancer
March 5th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Information is lacking regarding the interaction of established breast cancer risk factors and patient age. We attempted to study this interaction in high-risk women at the extremes of age in our population." "The Women-At-Risk Registry was queried for women who were a parts per thousand currency sign35 and a parts per thousand yen70 years of age. Enrollment criteria included: strong family history of breast cancer (FHBC), and/or biopsy-proven history of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH), or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). Descriptive analyses and Fisher's exact tests were used to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)
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