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| 1/4/2012 | How effective are pregnancy tests for detecting breast cancer? I read that a false positive can be given because it detects HCG which is elevated in breast cancer payient | ||
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| 1/5/2012 | At the present time, pregnancy tests are not helpful in detecting the presence of breast cancer. | ||
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