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==Terms of description== Mainly taken from [[risk factors for breast cancer]], risk factors can be described in terms of, for example: * [[Relative risk]], such as "A woman is more than 100 times more likely to develop breast cancer in her 60s than in her 20s."<ref name=Margolese>{{cite book|vauthors=Margolese RG, Fisher B, Hortobagyi GN, Bloomer WD |veditors=Bast RC, Kufe DW, Pollock RE |title=Cancer Medicine |edition=5th |publisher=B. C. Decker |location=Hamilton, Ontario |year=2000 |chapter=Neoplasms of the Breast |at=Β§Risk Factors |isbn=1-55009-113-1 |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20900/#A29677 |access-date=27 January 2011 |display-editors=etal}}</ref> * [[Odds ratio]], such as "The odds of developing breast cancer are approximately 2.45 times higher for women with two or more affected first-degree relatives compared to those without a family history."<ref name=BreastCancerRisk>{{cite journal|vauthors=Antoniou AC, Pharoah PD, Narod S, Risch HA, Eyfjord JE, Hopper JL, Loman N, Olsson H, Johannsson O, Borg Γ |title=Average risks of breast and ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations detected in case series unselected for family history: a combined analysis of 22 studies |journal=American Journal of Human Genetics |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=1117β1130 |year=2003 |doi=10.1086/375033 |pmid=12677558|pmc=1180265 }}</ref> * Fraction of [[Incidence_(epidemiology) | incidences]] occurring in the group having the property of or being exposed to the risk factor, such as "99% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in women."<ref name="Giordano">{{cite journal |vauthors=Giordano SH, Cohen DS, Buzdar AU, Perkins G, Hortobagyi GN |title=Breast carcinoma in men: a population-based study |journal=Cancer |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=51β7 |date=July 2004 |pmid=15221988 |doi=10.1002/cncr.20312|s2cid=972345 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * Increase in incidence in the exposed group, such as "each daily alcoholic beverage increases the incidence of breast cancer by 11 cases per 1000 women."<ref name="pmid19244173">{{cite journal |vauthors=Allen NE, Beral V, Casabonne D, etal |title=Moderate alcohol intake and cancer incidence in women |journal=Journal of the National Cancer Institute |volume=101 |issue=5 |pages=296β305 |date=March 2009 |pmid=19244173 |doi=10.1093/jnci/djn514|doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[Hazard ratio]], such as "an increase in both total and invasive breast cancers in women randomized to receive estrogen and progestin for an average of 5 years, with a hazard ratio of 1.24 compared to controls."<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Heiss | first1 = G. | last2 = Wallace | first2 = R. | last3 = Anderson | first3 = G. L. | last4 = Aragaki | first4 = A. | last5 = Beresford | first5 = S. A. A. | last6 = Brzyski | first6 = R. | last7 = Chlebowski | first7 = R. T. | last8 = Gass | first8 = M. | last9 = Lacroix | first9 = A. | title = Health Risks and Benefits 3 Years After Stopping Randomized Treatment with Estrogen and Progestin | journal = JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association | volume = 299 | issue = 9 | pages = 1036β45 | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1001/jama.299.9.1036 | pmid=18319414| url = https://escholarship.org/content/qt4qs7w2fg/qt4qs7w2fg.pdf?t=pu0k9y | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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