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Combining accurate genetic and clinical information in breast cancer risk model

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Acknowledgments

This research is supported by the 2009 Youth Foundation of Shanghai Public Health Bureau, the 2009 Youth Foundation of Shanghai Medical College, the Shanghai United Developing Technology Project of Municipal Hospitals (SHDC12010116), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30971143, 30972936, 81001169).

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  1. Department of Breast Surgery, Cancer Institute and Cancer Center, Fudan University, 399 Ling-Ling Road, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China

    Ke-Da Yu & Zhi-Ming Shao

  2. Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Ke-Da Yu & Zhi-Ming Shao

  3. Institutes of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Ke-Da Yu & Zhi-Ming Shao

  4. Department of Breast Surgery, The First People Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Qi Fang

  5. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Qi Fang

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Ke-Da Yu and Qi Fang have contributed equally to this study.

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Yu, KD., Fang, Q. & Shao, ZM. Combining accurate genetic and clinical information in breast cancer risk model. Breast Cancer Res Treat 128, 283–285 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1389-2

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