Investigating the feasibility of stratified breast cancer screening using a masking risk predictor

Abstract Background Women with dense breasts face a double risk for breast cancer; they are at a higher risk for development of breast cancer than those with less dense breasts, and there is a greater chance that mammography will miss detection of a cancer in dense breasts due to the masking effect...

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Main Authors: Olivier Alonzo-Proulx, James G. Mainprize, Jennifer A. Harvey, Martin J. Yaffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-019-1179-z