Digital mammographic density and breast cancer risk: a case–control study of six alternative density assessment methods

INTRODUCTION: Mammographic density is a strong breast cancer risk factor and a major determinant of screening sensitivity. However, there is currently no validated estimation method for full-field digital mammography (FFDM). METHODS: The performance of three area-based approaches (BI-RADS, the semi-...

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Autores principales: Eng, Amanda, Gallant, Zoe, Shepherd, John, McCormack, Valerie, Li, Jingmei, Dowsett, Mitch, Vinnicombe, Sarah, Allen, Steve, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25239205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-014-0439-1