Current NICE criteria miss most younger women at breast cancer risk
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- Guardian UK·2h agoGPs’ breast cancer guidelines ‘miss’ 95% of women who will develop disease
Findings prompt calls for review of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criteria Young women in England who later develop breast cancer are not being referred for early tests or preventive treatment because current guidelines used by GPs miss 95% of patients,…
Read at Guardian UK → - News-Medical·4h agoCurrent NICE criteria miss most younger women at breast cancer risk
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria used to decide who should be referred by GPs for further breast cancer risk assessment and specialist care misses up to 95% of women under 50 who will go on to develop the disease in the next 10 years, new…
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