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Explaining Variance in the Cumulus Mammographic Measures That Predict Breast Cancer Risk: A Twins and Sisters Study

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Title
Explaining Variance in the Cumulus Mammographic Measures That Predict Breast Cancer Risk: A Twins and Sisters Study
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, December 2013
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0481
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Tuong L. Nguyen, Daniel F. Schmidt, Enes Makalic, Gillian S. Dite, Jennifer Stone, Carmel Apicella, Minh Bui, Robert J. MacInnis, Fabrice Odefrey, Jennifer N. Cawson, Susan A. Treloar, Melissa C. Southey, Graham G. Giles, John L. Hopper

Abstract

Mammographic density, the area of the mammographic image that appears white or bright, predicts breast cancer risk. We estimated the proportions of variance explained by questionnaire-measured breast cancer risk factors and by unmeasured residual familial factors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 39 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 17%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 3 7%
Student > Master 3 7%
Other 2 5%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 12 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 7%
Mathematics 2 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 12 29%