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Validation of a tool for identifying women at high risk for hereditary breast cancer in population-based screening.
Cancer - 15 Oct 2006
Hoskins Kent F, Zwaagstra Alice, Ranz Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent scientific advances provide the opportunity to identify women in the general population at increased breast cancer risk and to offer effective early detection and disease prevention interventions. METHODS: A pedigree assessment tool (PAT) was designed to identify women in primary care settings who are at increased risk for hereditary breast cancer, including potential BRCA mutation carriers....
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