Understanding mathematical models for breast cancer risk assessment and counseling

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 224-232

  Euhus, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCAPRO; Breast cancer; Claus; Gail; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034788375     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.20012.x     Document Type: Article

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