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Monthly Variability of Fibrocystic Breast Disease as Assessed by Palpation 1
Author(s) -
Pagano Marcello,
Leviton Alan,
Allred Elizabeth,
Heydn Siegfried
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710340610
Subject(s) - palpation , fibrocystic disease , markov chain , fibrocystic breast disease , medicine , breast tissue , statistics , breast cancer , radiology , mathematics , cancer
Breast nodules in women afflicted with “fibrocystic breast disease” show a variability in time. This paper proposes a Markov chain to model this temporal change. The model seems to fit the available data very well, if different parameters are used for pre‐ und post‐menopausal women.