Hip bone density helps predict breast cancer risk

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 07/27/2008 - 23:00

(American Cancer Society) Measuring a woman's bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer


 

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