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Estimated risk of radiation-induced breast cancer from mammographic screening for young BRCA mutation carriers.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 4 Feb 2009
Berrington de Gonzalez Amy, Berg Christine D, Visvanathan Kala, Robson Mark
Abstract excerpt
BRCA mutation carriers are recommended to start mammographic screening for breast cancer as early as age 25-30 years. We used an excess relative risk model (based on a pooled analysis of three cohorts with 7600 subjects who received radiation exposure) to estimate the lifetime risk of radiation-i...
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