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Breast Cancer
New research on breast cancer from Mayo Clinic, Medical Department summarized
April 30th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Mammographic percent density (PD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, but there has been relatively little systematic evaluation of other features in mammographic images that might additionally predict breast cancer risk. We evaluated the association of a large number of image texture features with risk of breast cancer using a clinic-based case-control study of digitized film mammograms, all with screening mammograms before breast cancer diagnosis." "The sample was split into training (123 cases and 258 controls) and validation (123 cases and 264 controls) data sets. Age-adjusted and body mass index...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-30)
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