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. 2010 Mar 1;10(3):1–55.

Table 1: Detection/Induction Ratios for Breast Cancer Incidence by Age Group (from Law et al. 2007).

No Family
History
Positive Family History (index patient
diagnosed between 30 and 39 years of age)
Age at Exposure
(years)
EAR (Preston) NRPB-2003 EAR (Preston) NRPB-2003
25-29 4.2 4.4
30-34 3.3 2.9 18 16
35-39 10 7.0 50 34
40-44 25 13 87 46
45-49 56 24 124 53

Assumptions: Based on 4.5 mGy mean glandular dose, two views, annual screening. Abbreviations and references: EAR – excess absolute risk model (as apposed to the ERR – excess relative risk); NRPB – National Radiation Protection Board11; Preston – from an international pooled analysis by Preston et al.12