title: Use of risk factors in counseling patients.
abstract: Topics included in this article are a definition and interpretations of relative risk, including which risk factors are most important, the contribution of family history, and prior benign breast disease.
authors.affiliation: Faulkner Breast Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Love
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology