Aim: To assess the risk of developing breast cancer among women in Kerala using a breast cancer risk calculator and to describe their screening practices. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1861 women aged over 30 years in Thiru...
One-size-fits-all breast cancer screening too often leaves high- and rising-risk patients behind and limits breast center referral volume and growth. CancerIQ makes it easy to provide cancer risk assessment for every patient who walks through the door. Start maximizing the clinical and financial ...
The online tool comprises a set of questions regarding a patient, including medical and family history, genetic alterations related to cancer, and weight. This information is expected to help customise breast cancer screening based on an individual’s risk as well as aid preventative therapy planning...
This qualitative study of women of breast cancer screening age examines how women perceived breast density as a cancer risk compared with other breast
The Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) Advanced Breast Cancer Risk Calculator is an interactive tool designed by BCSC scientists using data collected on U.S. women undergoing routine screening mammography to estimate six-year cumulative risk of developing advanced breast cancer based on annual...
Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164(4):279-296. doi:10.7326/M15-2886PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 17. US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Recommendations for Primary Care Practice. USPSTF website. https://...
The screening uncovered stage I breast cancer.“It’s not difficult to catch breast cancer early,” says Dr. Aliabadi. But you must be proactive. One in eight women will get diagnosed with breast cancer, and the majority of them do not have a family history, says Dr. Aliabadi...
The widely used Western BRCA mutation prediction models underestimated the risk of having a BRCA mutation in Korean breast cancer patients. This study aimed to identify predictive factors for BRCA1/2 mutations and to develop a Korean BRCA risk calculator. The model was constructed by logistic regres...
Assessing women at high risk of breast cancer: a review of risk assessment models. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010;102(10):680-691.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 2. Kopans DB. An open letter to panels that are deciding guidelines for breast cancer screening. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015;151(...
For patients at average risk of developing breast cancer, the American College of Radiology recommends annual screening mammography [6]. Patients with a calculated lifetime risk of 20% or higher, or a history of chest/mantle radiation therapy at a young age, may benefit from supplemental screenin...