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Volume 333:808-809 September 21, 1995 Number 12
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Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Women

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(Developments in Oncology. Vol. 75.) Edited by Basil A. Stoll. 248 pp. Boston, kluwer Academic, 1995. $80. ISBN 0-7923-3064-1.

Basil A. Stoll has assembled a timely book about a subject of intense interest to both health care providers and women. It contains 27 chapters written by top experts in various aspects of breast-cancer risk. I was quite pleased to have this book come across my desk, since it includes discussions of several highly controversial topics and discusses women's options for reducing their risk of breast cancer.

This easy-to-read book has four sections, addressing (1) how to assess a woman's risk for breast cancer on the basis of family history, childbearing patterns, history of benign breast disease, and genetic testing; . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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