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The use of the Gail model, body mass index and SNPs to predict breast cancer among women with abnormal (BI-RADS 4) mammograms

INTRODUCTION: Mammography screening results in a significant number of false-positives. The use of pretest breast cancer risk factors to guide follow-up of abnormal mammograms could improve the positive predictive value of screening. We evaluated the use of the Gail model, body mass index (BMI), and...

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Autores principales: McCarthy, Anne Marie, Keller, Brad, Kontos, Despina, Boghossian, Leigh, McGuire, Erin, Bristol, Mirar, Chen, Jinbo, Domchek, Susan, Armstrong, Katrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-014-0509-4