Cancer risk
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Broader Terms
disease /disorder proneness /risk
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Related Terms
breast density, Li Fraumeni syndrome, minimal residual disease, neoplasm /cancer epidemiology
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Scope Note
factors that effect the probability or predisposition of an individual to the development of cancer and its associated complications.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Family history of breast cancer: Breast cancer risk is higher among women whose close blood relatives have this disease.
- These findings are consistent with the conclusions of the National Cancer Institute, which recently determined there is no reliable evidence that lung cancer risk is reduced by decreasing the machine-measured tar level in cigarettes.
- Evidence for the effect of occupational, environmental, or chemical exposures on breast cancer risk is limited.
- Predicting breast cancer risk is even more difficult in families with a strong history of breast or ovarian cancer but no BRCA mutation.
- Breast cancer risk is positively associated with height.
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