Scientists Will Update NCI Breast Cancer Risk Calculator To Better Reflect Black Women’s Risk

The formula used for the National Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, commonly known as the Gail model, often underestimates the risk of cancer in older black women, according to research published Tuesday on the Web site of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Breast Cancer on December 2nd, 2007