Changes in the diffraction pattern of hair resulting from mechanical damage can occlude the changes that relate to breast cancer.
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods*