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Breast Cancer Risk and Aging—Misquoted Data and Public Information |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Tahir MD PhD |
| Affiliation: | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, , Baltimore, Maryland |
| Abstract: | The “risk of breast cancer in women increases with age” is a longtime misstatement that does not conform to statistical data. Contrary to the common perception and widely publicized statements, the overall risk of developing breast cancer decreases in women as they grow old. |
| Keywords: | aging breast cancer risk |