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Breast Cancer Screening in the Precision Medicine Era: Risk-Based Screening in a Population-Based Trial.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Jan 2017
Shieh Yiwey, Eklund Martin, Madlensky Lisa, Sawyer Sarah D, Thompson Carlie K, Stover Fiscalini Allison, Ziv Elad, Van't Veer Laura J, Esserman Laura J, Tice Jeffrey A
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Ongoing controversy over the optimal approach to breast cancer screening has led to discordant professional society recommendations, particularly in women age 40 to 49 years. One potential solution is risk-based screening, where decisions around the starting age, stopping age, frequency, and modality of screening are based on individual risk to maximize the early detection of aggressive cancers and minimize the...
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