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How do you define breast cancer?
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How do you define breast cancer?
Tim Carver
Alex Cunningham PhD (Unlicensed)
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Tim Carver
Last updated:
May 28, 2020
by
Alex Cunningham PhD (Unlicensed)
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Breast cancer is taken to mean invasive breast cancer. Ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) should
not
be included in CanRisk Tool risk calculations as the program was not developed for in-situ cancers.
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