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Novel breast tissue feature strongly associated with risk of breast cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Dec 2009
McKian Kevin P, Reynolds Carol A, Visscher Daniel W, Nassar Aziza, Radisky Derek C, Vierkant Robert A, Degnim Amy C, Boughey Judy C, Ghosh Karthik, Anderson Stephanie S, Minot Douglas, Caudill Jill L, Vachon Celine M, Frost Marlene H, Pankratz V Shane, Hartmann Lynn C
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PURPOSE: Accurate, individualized risk prediction for breast cancer is lacking. Tissue-based features may help to stratify women into different risk levels. Breast lobules are the anatomic sites of origin of breast cancer. As women age, these lobular structures should regress, which results in re...
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