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Exploring the prediction performance for breast cancer risk based on volumetric mammographic density at different thresholds

BACKGROUND: The percentage of mammographic dense tissue (PD) defined by pixel value threshold is a well-established risk factor for breast cancer. Recently there has been some evidence to suggest that an increased threshold based on visual assessment could improve risk prediction. It is unknown, how...

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Autores principales: Wang, Chao, Brentnall, Adam R., Cuzick, Jack, Harkness, Elaine F., Evans, D. Gareth, Astley, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29884207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-0979-x