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Rates of high-risk screening prior to a breast cancer diagnosis in patients under age 40.
American journal of surgery - 1 Feb 2024
Pestana Christine, Cairns Ashley, Fang-Chi Hsu, Lombana Greg, Howard-McNatt Marissa, Levine Edward A, Chiba Akiko
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BACKGROUND: NCCN Guidelines recommend screening young women with an increased breast cancer risk (>20 % lifetime risk). We sought to evaluate our institutional rates of high-risk screening in young breast cancer patients prior to their diagnoses." METHODS: A single-institution retrospective review (2013-2018) was performed investigating risk scores (Tyrer-Cuzick model) and characteristics of breast cancer...
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