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Screening for hereditary breast cancer.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Oct 2007
Dent Rebecca, Warner Ellen
Abstract excerpt
Most women at risk for hereditary breast cancer opt for intensive breast screening rather than risk-reducing mastectomy. For this to be a rational choice, the vast majority of tumors must be detected either while still in situ or at a very early stage of invasion. Annual screening mammography has low sensitivity in this population, in part due to the greater breast density of younger women, resulting in cancers...
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