Breast cancer risk estimations are both informative and useful at the population level, with many screening programs relying on these assessments to allocate resources such as breast MRI. This cross-sectional multicenter study attempts to quantify the breast cancer risk distribution for women between the ages of 40 to 79 years undergoing screening mammography in British Columbia (BC), Canada. T...

Gail D. Adams was one of the founding members of both AAPM and ACMP. He helped shape the profession that all of us enjoy today. Gail had a major impact on scientific and professional activities. His pioneering efforts were felt in all areas of medical physics and radiation oncology. Gail was very clinical and he participated as a partner of the radiation oncologist in the radiation treatment pr...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe perceived breast cancer risk, identify the percentage of women with inaccurate risk perceptions, and examine the influence of perceived and objective risk on screening behavior. DESIGN Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional. SETTING Community settings in a metropolitan area on the western coast of the United States. SAMPLE Multicultural sample of 184 En...

Breast cancer is the most diagnosed and leading cause of death in women. among women breast cancer. Between 1 8 12 developed world will experience throughout their lives. The risk two primary types. first type that a person likely to develop over specified time period. second reflects likelihood high-risk gene mutation. Earlier work has shown it been better predict by adding input into wide-spr...

BACKGROUND The increase in breast cancer incidence has enhanced attention towards breast cancer risk. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of breast cancer and risk perception of women, factors that affect risk perception, and to determine differences between absolute risk and the perception of risk. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out among 346 women whose score in ...

Breast cancer remains the most common in women United States. For certain at high risk for breast cancer, endocrine therapy (ET) can greatly decrease risk. Tools such as Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (or Gail Model) and International Intervention Study calculator are available to help identify increased cancer. Physician awareness of family history, reproductive lifestyle factors, dense tissue, h...