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Clinical Practice Guidelines Directions for a New Program (1990) / Chapter Skim
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... Breast cancer is the leading contributor to premature cancer mortality in women.2 Because women of the "baby boom" generation are now reaching age 40, the number of breast cancer cases and deaths will increase substantially over the next 40 years unless age-spec~ic incidence and mortality rates decline. Important risk factors for breast cancer include sex, geographic location, and age.
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  • breast cancer
  • cancer mortality
  • risk factors
  • insufficient evidence
  • cancer include

  • cancer deaths
  • earlier age
  • breast self
  • specifically recommended


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