Visually assessed breast density, breast cancer risk and the importance of the craniocaudal view

Introduction Mammographic density is known to be a strong risk factor for breast cancer. A particularly strong association with risk has been observed when density is measured using interactive threshold software. This, however, is a labour-intensive process for large-scale studies. Methods Our aim...
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Duffy, Stephen W [verfasserIn]

Nagtegaal, Iris D

Astley, Susan M

Gillan, Maureen GC

McGee, Magnus A

Boggis, Caroline RM

Wilson, Mary

Beetles, Ursula M

Griffiths, Miriam A

Jain, Anil K

Johnson, Jill

Roberts, Rita

Deans, Heather

Duncan, Karen A

Iyengar, Geeta

Griffiths, Pam M

Warwick, Jane

Cuzick, Jack

Gilbert, Fiona J

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E-Artikel

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Englisch

Erschienen:

2008

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Breast Cancer Risk

Mammographic Density

Breast Density

Interval Cancer

Population Attributable Fraction

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© Duffy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: Breast cancer research - London : BioMed Central, 1999, 10(2008), 4 vom: 23. Juli

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volume:10 ; year:2008 ; number:4 ; day:23 ; month:07

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/bcr2123

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SPR029933374

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