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The need for breast cancer screening in women undergoing elective breast surgery: an assessment of risk and risk factors for breast cancer in young women.
Aesthetic surgery journal - 1 Jan 2000
Sharabi Safa E, Bullocks Jamal M, Dempsey Peter J, Singletary S Eva
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BACKGROUND: Given the 11% lifetime risk of breast cancer and increasing popularity of elective breast surgery, the role of preoperative screening begs further investigation. There are currently no guidelines that indicate which women younger than 40 years of age should be screened preoperatively. OBJECTIVES: A meta-analysis of studies regarding the odds ratio (OR) and relative risk ratio for breast cancer risk...
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