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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(17):1167; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj390
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Press Release

Breast Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk

Ariel Whitworth

jncimedia@oxfordjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Two new models for assessing patients' risk of developing breast cancer focus on breast density as an important predictor, two studies report in the September 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

A breast cancer risk model called the Gail model was developed in the 1980s to assess the risk of breast cancer for women who undergo annual mammography screening, and several groups—the Breast Cancer Surveillance . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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