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Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Scores are a tool used by medical professionals to help determine a patient’s risk of developing cancer.
The percentage of risk is calculated by looking at seven key factors: age, race, when they started menstruating, if they’ve given birth, family medical history of breast cancer, known gene mutations and past breast biopsies.
Dr. Jennifer Plichta is the director of the Duke Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic in Durham.
She explained the percentages can help determine if other tests may be needed for diagnosis, even if a patient’s mammograms are clear.
“I always like to put it in the context of well what’s your risk of compared to say the average woman because that’s really where it helps us decide do we need to do anything different than what we do for those average-risk women,” said Plichta.
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