Risk factors for breast cancer for women aged 40 to 49 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HD Nelson, B Zakher, A Cantor, R Fu… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: Identifying risk factors for breast cancer specific to women in their 40s could
inform screening decisions. Purpose: To determine what factors increase risk for breast …

Epidemiology of breast cancer

TJ Key, PK Verkasalo, E Banks - The lancet oncology, 2001 - thelancet.com
Breast cancer is the commonest cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Rates vary
about five-fold around the world, but they are increasing in regions that until recently had low …

Application of decision tree-based ensemble learning in the classification of breast cancer

MM Ghiasi, S Zendehboudi - Computers in biology and medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
As a common screening and diagnostic tool, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) of the
suspicious breast lumps can be used to distinguish between malignant and benign breast …

NCCN guidelines insights: genetic/familial high-risk assessment: breast and ovarian, version 2.2017

MB Daly, R Pilarski, M Berry, SS Buys… - Journal of the National …, 2017 - jnccn.org
The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Genetic/Familial High-Risk
Assessment: Breast and Ovarian provide recommendations for genetic testing and …

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and treatment strategies for breast cancer

I Godet, DM Gilkes - Integrative cancer science and …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Breast cancer is a global burden with a woman's lifetime risk of develo** breast cancer at
1 in 8. Although breast cancer is a disease that affects mostly women, the lifetime risk in men …

Hereditary breast cancer: Syndromes, tumour pathology and molecular testing

A Sokolova, KJ Johnstone, AE McCart Reed… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hereditary factors account for a significant proportion of breast cancer risk. Approximately
20% of hereditary breast cancers are attributable to pathogenic variants in the highly …

Breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: The current state and uncertain future

CA Anyigba, GA Awandare… - … Biology and Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast cancer is the commonest cause of global cancer-related deaths in women and a
public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although the disease incidence in SSA …

Rating the risk factors for breast cancer

SE Singletary - Annals of surgery, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Summary Background Data Women who are at high risk for breast cancer have a variety of
options available to them, including watchful waiting, prophylactic surgery, and …

Identifying breast cancer susceptibility genes–a review of the genetic background in familial breast cancer

C Wendt, S Margolin - Acta Oncologica, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Heritage is the most important risk factor for breast cancer. About 15–20% of
breast cancer is familial, referring to affected women who have one or more first-or second …

Factors associated with rates of false-positive and false-negative results from digital mammography screening: an analysis of registry data

HD Nelson, ES O'meara, K Kerlikowske… - Annals of internal …, 2016 - acpjournals.org
Background: Women screened with digital mammography may receive false-positive and
false-negative results and subsequent imaging and biopsies. How these outcomes vary by …