Sisters of women with high breast cancer risk share similar risk factors, including high polygenic scores, benign breast disease history, and denser breast tissue.
After a false-positive mammography result, women have a higher risk of developing and dying of breast cancer, but the risk varies by patient-specific characteristics.
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Women who receive a false positive mammography result are more likely to develop breast cancer over the subsequent 20 years, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published in JAMA Oncology.