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Eligibility for magnetic resonance imaging screening in the United Kingdom: effect of strict selection criteria and anonymous DNA testing on breast cancer incidence in the MARIBS Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jul 2009
Evans D Gareth R, Lennard Fiona, Pointon Linda J, Ramus Susan J, Gayther Simon A, Sodha Nayanta, Kwan-Lim Gek E, Leach Martin O, Warren Ruth, Thompson Deborah, Easton Douglas F, Eeles Rosalind
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INTRODUCTION: A UK multicenter study compared the performance of contrast enhanced-magnetic resonance imaging with X-Ray Mammography in women at high-risk of breast cancer commencing in 1997. Selection criteria were used to identify women with at least 0.9% annual risk of breast cancer. METHODS: Women at high breast cancer risk, with a strong family history and/or high probability of a BRCA1/BRCA2/TP53 mutation,...
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