The Risk of Cancer Might be Lower Than We Think. Alternatives to Lifetime Risk Estimates

Background Estimates of lifetime cancer risk are commonly used in the clinical setting and in health-care evaluations. These measures are based on lifetime cancer risk estimates and may create an unrealistically frightening perception of cancer risk for an individual. We suggest using two new measu...

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Main Authors: Gilat L. Grunau, Shay Gueron, Boris Pornov, Shai Linn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2018-01-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/36/773/manuscript