A tiny step closer to personalized risk prediction for breast cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1043-1045

  Devilee, Peter ^a   Rookus, Matti A ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77949612011     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0912474     Document Type: Editorial

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