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Biomarker model predicts breast cancer risk without racial bias

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The findings offer another way to foster breast cancer early detection, improve patient survival rates across different populations, and reduce disparity in survival rates, said study lead author Leslie Lamb, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston in a statement. “In Image and caption courtesy of RSNA.

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USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations

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In its 2009 recommendations , the task force chose instead to recommend that women receive biennial screening at the age of 50 and kept to that position when updating its recommendations in 2016. ". Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that all women having mammograms receive notice that their breasts are dense or not dense.

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