Adding Common Genetic Variants to Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small Benefit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform better when they include common inherited genetic variants recently linked to the disease. Therefore, recommendations for breast cancer screening or treatments will remain unchanged for most women. The study, led by investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, appears in the March 18, 2010, New England Journal of Medicine.
Adding Common Genetic Variants to Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small Benefit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform better when they include common inherited ...
Thu 18 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
Tests for genes don't predict breast cancer better
BOSTON (Reuters) - Studying genes linked to breast cancer may someday lead to better treatments, but they do little to improve a doctor's ability to predict who is likely to develop a tumor, ...
Wed 17 Mar 10 from Reuters
Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer
Plugging certain genetic data into the standard risk-assessment model for breast cancer won’t do much to help gauge a woman’s odds for getting the disease, a new study shows.
Wed 17 Mar 10 from Health News
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