Do you want to know your risk for developing invasive breast cancer? If so, you can use an online interactive tool for measuring your five year risk and also your lifetime risk of developing the disease.
There are seven questions to answer to calculate your risk. It should not be used by women who already have had a breast cancer diagnosis. This tool has been used successfully in clinics for women with a strong family history of breast cancer.
Keep in mind that other factors also affect the risk of developing breast cancer that are not accounted for by the online tool. Women who do not get mammograms will have a lower chance of having their breast cancer detected.
1. Kristi,
I think this is a great idea and a good place for women to start learning about breast cancer and the causes. Breast cancer is not just connected to genetics any longer. It seems there are so many other causes for cancer now. Anything from what you eat to alcohol, skin products, bath products, and the list goes on and on.
So it is good that you are giving women a head-start you might say, on learning what ones chances are of developing breast cancer.
Good article. Jason
Posted at 2:25PM on Apr 7th 2007 by Jason Chambers