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Ask the Physician > What's My Risk for Breast Cancer?

What is my risk of getting breast cancer?

 
A women's lifetime risk for breast cancer is 12.5% or 1 in 8.  For women age 40 the risk is 1 in 67. At 50 the risk increases to 1 in 36 or 2.77%. At 60 1 in 29 women will develop breast cancer.by age 70 the risk is over 4% as 1 in 24 women will develop the disease.

The Gail Model has been developed to assess any individuals risk through a series of a few simple questions. Adjusting for age, race, time of first menses, time of first birth, and family history the patients individual risk can be determined.

To assess your risk link to www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool.

For more information on Breast Cancer Screening look under Cancer Screening and prevention in the Gynecology portion of this website.

For patients interested in genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer contact the Genetic Center at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 330-543-8792.

 
 
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