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To the Editor: Armstrong et al. (Feb. 24 issue)¹ discuss many of the potential benefits of using risk-prediction models to assess the risk of breast cancer for individual women and to guide care. However, there are also some risks associated with risk assessment that should be considered. For example, women identified as having a low risk according to risk-prediction models may be falsely reassured and then be less likely to pursue breast-cancer screening. It would be helpful to know how individual risk assessment affects women's decisions about screening.

There is also a need for accurate information about the risks and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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