Hip Bone Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk

Measuring a woman`s bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman`s risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the September 1, 2008 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study`s results suggest that incorporating bone mineral density tests with current risk assessments might significantly improve physicians` ability to predict breast cancer risk in older, postmenopausal women.

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