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Monday, May 23, 2011

Breast Cancer Risk Calculator Updated for Asian-Americans - NIH Research Matters - National Institutes of Health (NIH)



"...The new model can assess risk separately for American women who identify themselves as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander or other Asian. Compared with the AABCS, the researchers found, the original assessment tool overestimated risk for Chinese and Filipino women, and underestimated risk for Hawaiian women....."

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Evaluation of the risk of malignancy index in daily clinical management of adnexal masses



Conclusions

"In our study population, introduction of the RMI would improve the management of adnexal masses, with a higher percentage of ovarian cancer patients that are operated by a gynecologic oncologist. At the same time, referral of patients with non-invasive (benign and borderline) lesions would be reduced."