New test aims to predict breast cancer risk better
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_he_me/med_breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081208/capt.574cc4ad30104a6f992e3a339ac80531.australia_mccann_obit_syd101.jpg?x=93y=130q=85sig=tCCXdijvWXzvPSa7t_1m3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="In this March 19, 2006 file photo, Australia's Kerryn McCann celebrates with her son Brenton after winning the gold medal in the Women's Marathon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. The two-time Commonwealth Games marathon gold medallist and mother of three young children died early Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, from breast cancer at the age of 41. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new test to predict an ordinary woman's odds of getting breast cancer works better than a method doctors have relied on for decades, researchers reported Friday. The test is the first to combine dozens of genes and personal factors like age and childbearing to gauge risk in women who don't have a strong family history of the disease. They account for three-fourths of all cases.</p><br clear="all"/>

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