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Outcomes of multimodality breast screening for women at increased risk of familial breast cancer.
World journal of surgery - 1 May 2010
Bennett Ian C, Muller Jennifer, Cockburn Linda, Joshua Helen, Thorley Gillian, Baker Christine, Wood Nili, Brazier Jane, Jones Mark, Dunn Nathan, Gattas Michael
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BACKGROUND: While population-based breast screening for women over the age of 50 years is a generally accepted and proven health strategy, the role of breast screening specifically among women at high risk of familial breast cancer has remained controversial. Indeed, there are very few services specifically offering a breast-screening program for women at high risk of familial breast cancer. METHODS: In 1999 a...
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