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Table 5 Risks associated with the total scores for onward referral of breast cancer*

From: Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to identify suspected breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

Total score

Estimate of risk

0

0.0016

1

0.0030

2

0.0054

3

0.0099

4

0.0178

5

0.0320

6

0.0568

7

0.0989

8

0.1667

9

0.2671

10

0.3991

11

0.5475

12

0.6880

13

0.8007

14

0.8798

  1. *Referral process guided by total score. The risk of breast cancer is almost 2% once a woman scores 4 points and over 5% once the score reaches a threshold of ≥6 on the CPR.
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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