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• Risk model
  |Term=Risk model ...rt definition=Risk model - In medicine, a tool used to estimate a person's risk of developing a specific condition or disease, such as a heart attack. B. 
  977 bytes (155 words) - 23:41, 13 January 2023
• Risk-reducing mastectomy
  |Term=risk-reducing mastectomy ...ops. A low-risk mastectomy can be performed in people who are at very high risk of developing breast cancer. 
  834 bytes (111 words) - 05:47, 13 January 2023
• Absolute risk
  |Term=absolute risk ...k is the probability that a person who is free of a certain type of cancer at a certain age will develop that type of cancer over a certain period of tim
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• Risk-reducing oophorectomy
  |Term=risk-reducing oophorectomy ...ion}} (Risk-Ree-DOO-sing oh-oh-foh-REK-toh-mee) Surgery done to reduce the risk of ovarian and breast cancer by removing the ovaries before the disease dev
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• High-risk pregnancy
  == High-risk pregnancy == ...gnificantly affect the pregnancy outcome. These complications could pose a risk to the mother, the baby, or both.
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• QRISK
  ...ity' and 'Risk', indicating its purpose to provide a quality assessment of risk. The QRISK algorithm was developed by a team of researchers at the [[University of Nottingham]] in the United Kingdom. The first version,
  1 KB (186 words) - 06:25, 4 February 2024
• Preventive mastectomy
  ...s. A preventive mastectomy can be performed in people who are at very high risk of developing breast cancer.  ...risk of developing breast cancer. Also called prophylactic mastectomy and risk-reducing mastectomy {{dictionary-stub}} [[Category:Dictionary of medicine]]
  822 bytes (111 words) - 06:36, 14 January 2023
• Prophylactic mastectomy
  ...A prophylactic mastectomy can be performed in people who are at very high risk of developing breast cancer.  ...isk of developing breast cancer. Also called preventive mastectomy and low-risk mastectomy {{dictionary-stub}} [[Category:Dictionary of medicine]]
  833 bytes (111 words) - 09:24, 13 January 2023
• Cardiac Risk in the Young
  == Cardiac Risk in the Young == ...al for developing [[heart disease]] or other [[cardiovascular]] conditions at an early age. The term is often used in medical literature to highlight the
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• Peril
  ...a term used in various fields of medicine to describe a state of danger or risk of harm. It is often used in the context of medical conditions or situation ...riginates from the Latin word ''periculum'', which translates to danger or risk. It entered the English language in the late 13th century, and its medical
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• Chemoprevention
  ...be used to prevent certain types of breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease  ...be used to prevent certain types of breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease {{dictionary-stub}} [[Category:Dictionary of medi
  891 bytes (131 words) - 13:35, 8 January 2023
• Prophylactic oophorectomy
  ...tion}} (PROH-fih-LAK-tik oh-oh-foh-REK-toh-mee) Surgery done to reduce the risk of ovarian and breast cancer by removing the ovaries before the disease dev ...st and/or ovarian cancer because of certain genetic mutations. Also called risk-reducing oophorectomy {{dictionary-stub}} [[Category:Dictionary of medicine
  1 KB (144 words) - 03:23, 14 January 2023
• CPM
  ...o reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people who are at very high risk.  ...o reduce the risk of a second breast cancer in people who are at very high risk. Also called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy {{dictionary-stub}} [[Ca
  649 bytes (110 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
• Jeopardize
  ...e act of putting someone or something into a situation in which there is a risk of harm, loss, or danger. ...derived from the Middle English word 'jeopardie', which means 'danger' or 'risk'. It was first used in the 14th century.
  1 KB (177 words) - 02:37, 6 February 2024
• Evista
  ...the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at high risk of developing this disease or who have osteoporosis, and for Prevention and ...the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at high risk of developing this disease or who have osteoporosis, and for Prevention and
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• Conservation status
  * '''[[Critically Endangered]]''' - Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild * '''[[Endangered]]''' - High risk of extinction in the wild
  2 KB (325 words) - 23:39, 14 February 2024
• Blood tests
  * [[Blood tests to assess heart disease risk]] === Blood Tests to Assess Heart Disease Risk ===
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• HBOC syndrome
  ...(… SIN-drom) An inherited disorder in which there is a higher than normal risk of breast cancer (particularly before the age of 50) and ovarian cancer. Mo ...he BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. People with HBOC syndrome may also be at increased risk of other types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and
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• Underwriting
  ...icular investment or insurance policy and decide whether to take it on and at what price. ...rite their names under the total amount of risk they are willing to accept at a specified premium. This practice, which dates back to the [[Lloyd's of Lo
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• Hazardous
  ...ish word 'hazard', is an adjective used to describe something that poses a risk or danger to health, safety, or the environment. ...n was borrowed from Spanish, 'azar', meaning 'an unfortunate card or throw at dice', the latter being derived from Arabic, 'az-zahr', meaning 'the dice'.
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