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Identifying women with increased risk of breast cancer and implementing risk-reducing strategies and supplemental imaging.
Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2022
Vegunta Suneela, Bhatt Asha A, Choudhery Sadia A, Pruthi Sandhya, Kaur Aparna S
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common cancer in women, affecting 1 in 8 women in the United States (12.5%) in their lifetime. However, some women have a higher lifetime risk of BC because of genetic and lifestyle factors, mammographic breast density, and reproductive and hormonal factors. Because BC risk is variable, screening and prevention strategies should be individualized after considering...
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