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Heritable aspects of dysplastic breast glandular tissue (DY).
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Sept 2004
Haars G, van Noord P A H, van Gils C H, Peeters P H M, Grobbee D E
Abstract excerpt
Breast parenchymal patterns, as visible on mammograms, are determined by the relative amount of radio-dense, glandular dysplastic tissue DY). High percentages of DY are related to higher breast cancer risk. Previous studies reported heritable influences on DY of 32-67%, depending on the family relationship that was studied. depending on the family relationship that was studied. We assessed heritability in 466...
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