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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Cancer. 2011 Apr 5;104(10):1656–1663. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.118

Table 3.

Reclassification of population of 100,00 women 35-79 years eligible for screening and in whom breast cancer could be detectable, under age-based or personalised screening strategies. Eligibility based on age 47 or polygenic risk equivalent to 10-year absolute risk for age 47 (2.5 percent 10-year absolute risk); England 2002-2006

Personalised screening Age-based screening
Polygenic risk threshold < 47 years ≥ 47 years Total
Population
 < 2.5% 30,276 19,926 50,202
 ≥ 2.5% 4,429 45,368 49,798
 Total 34,705 65,295 100,000
Cases
 < 2.5% 26 38 64
 ≥ 2.5% 9 162 172
 Total 35 200 236