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Genotyping Plus Family History May Change Breast Cancer Risk Estimates
Genotyping Plus Family History May Change Breast Cancer Risk Estimates
S Boschert
20090921
2009 Oct 21
Elsevier Global Medical News
Genotyping Plus Family History May Change Breast Cancer Risk Estimates
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 21, S Boschert
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Combining genotyping with family history may better identify women at risk of developing breast cancer, a preliminary study of 160 women suggests.Overall, 29% of women had a potentially clinically significant change in estimated risk based on genotyping plus family history, compared with family history alone, Amy Martin and her associates reported at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.The investigators calculated genotype relative...