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This work was sponsored by Japan Breast Cancer Society. We thank the clinical practice guideline committee and clinical practice guideline assessment committee for support for this work.

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Taira, N., Arai, M., Ikeda, M. et al. The Japanese Breast Cancer Society clinical practice guideline for epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer. Breast Cancer 22, 16–27 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-014-0555-x

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