Risk assessment tool not reliable predictor for some women at high risk of breast cancer
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 09:56
in Health & Medicine
A statistical model commonly used to predict the risk of breast cancer in women was not accurate when used to evaluate women with atypical hyperplasia, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published in the 14 October issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Atypical hyperplasia (atypia) describes breast tissue with an increased growth of abnormal cells that might become cancerous...
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