Moreover, more than 40,000 deaths occurred due to breast cancer in United States at 2015.[ 1 ] In Iranian women, breast cancer is the most common malignancy,[ 5 ] and responsible for more than 24% of all cancers.[ 6 7 ] There is an increasing trend in breast cancer mortality in Iran in recent decades.[ 5 8 ] Moreover, Iranian women affect to breast cancer at least one decade younger than their counterparts in developed countries and 96% of breast cancer cases were diagnosed in stage II or III.[ 6 9 ] Todays, there has been a growing interest in developing methods to estimate the risk of breast cancer based on women's risk factors profile as other chronic diseases.
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Lifetime and 5 years risk of breast cancer and attributable risk factor according to Gail model in Iranian women.
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