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Gail model risk factors: impact of adding an extended family history for breast cancer.
The breast journal - 1 Jan 2000
Crispo Anna, D'Aiuto Giuseppe, De Marco MariaRosaria, Rinaldo Massimo, Grimaldi Maria, Capasso Immacolata, Amore Alfonso, Bosetti Cristina, La Vecchia Carlo, Montella Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
An approach commonly used in estimating breast cancer risk is the Gail model. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and impact of adding extended family history as a new breast cancer risk factor into the Gail model. The data of the present study include cases with breast cancer and hospitalized controls recruited in the National Cancer Institute of Naples (southern Italy) between 1997 and...
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