• Heritability of mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer 

      Boyd NF; Yaffe MJ; Hopper JL; Dite GS; Stone J; Gunasekara A; English DR; McCredie MR; Giles GG; Tritchler D; Chiarelli A
      Published 2001
      BACKGROUND: Women with extensive dense breast tissue visible on a mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is 1.8 to 6.0 times that of women of the same age with little or no density. Menopausal status, weight, and ...
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