Mammographic Density and the Risk and Detection of Breast Cancer

F. Boyd, Norman; Guo, Helen; J. Martin, Lisa; Sun, Limei; Stone, Jennifer; Fishell, E; A. Jong, Roberta; Hislop, Greg; M. Chiarelli, Anna; Minkin, Salomon; J. Yaffe, Martin

doi:10.1056/nejmoa062790

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Mammographic Density and the Risk and Detection of Breast Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 17, 2007

Authors:

Norman F. Boyd

Helen Guo

Lisa J. Martin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Extensive mammographic density is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and makes the detection of cancer by mammography difficult, but the influence of density on risk according to method of cancer detection is unknown. METHODS: We carried out three nested case-control stud...

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Medicine

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Breast cancer

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