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[Estimation of individual breast cancer risk: relevance and limits of risk estimation models].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Oct 2009
De Pauw A, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Andrieu N, Asselain B
Abstract excerpt
Several risk estimation models for breast or ovarian cancers have been developed these last decades. All these models take into account the family history, with different levels of sophistication. Gail model was developed in 1989 taking into account the family history (0, 1 or > or = 2 affected relatives) and several environmental factors. In 1990, Claus model was the first to integrate explicit assumptions about...
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