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Bias Correction Methods Explain Much of the Variation Seen in Breast Cancer Risks of BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Aug 2015
Vos Janet R, Hsu Li, Brohet Richard M, Mourits Marian J E, de Vries Jakob, Malone Kathleen E, Oosterwijk Jan C, de Bock Geertruida H
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PURPOSE: Recommendations for treating patients who carry a BRCA1/2 gene are mainly based on cumulative lifetime risks (CLTRs) of breast cancer determined from retrospective cohorts. These risks vary widely (27% to 88%), and it is important to understand why. We analyzed the effects of methods of risk estimation and bias correction and of population factors on CLTRs in this retrospective clinical cohort of BRCA1/2...
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