Hormonal risk factors for breast cancer: identification, chemoprevention, and other intervention strategies.

Abstract excerpt

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of female morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many hormonal and genetic risk factors have been identified and have led to the development of mathematical models that can be used in the clinic to give a woman an estimate of her individual risk of developing breast cancer. These models can also be used to identify women who might benefit from breast-cancer chemoprevention with...

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Anticarcinogenic Agents
• Breast Neoplasms
• Chemoprevention
• Estrogens
• Female
• Forecasting
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Models, Theoretical