The Hong Kong government has commissioned the first local study on breast cancer risks to determine if women in the city should receive universal screening, the Post has learned.
The University of Hong Kong will helm the project, with a report expected in March next year.
Led by Professor Gabriel Leung from HKU’s school of public health, the study will develop a risk prediction model specifically for Hong Kong and identify risk factors for a disease that claimed the lives of 702 local...
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