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Computer program can predict breast cancer risk

Early detection of cancer risk is of the utmost importance because treatments are more likely to succeed early in the course of the disease, before the cancer spreads throughout the body. One way in which scientists are increasingly hoping to detect cancers early is through genetics.… Post the First Comment

Will I get breast cancer?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in developed countries, as well as the second most fatal after lung cancer. A recent study by the American Cancer Society predicts almost 180,000 new cases and over 40,000 deaths from breast cancer by the end of 2007 in the United States alone.… Post the First Comment


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