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Breast cancer risk asessment

Description

This function implements the following equation:

• Costantino JP, Gail MH, Pee D, Anderson S, Redmond CK, Benichou J, Wieand S, Validation studies for models projecting the risk of invasive and total breast cancer incidence. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999; 91:1541-1548

Usage

brca (genetics = 'no', history = 'no', T1 = 0, AgeMen = 99, Age1st = 99, N_Rels = 99, N_Biop = 99, HypPlas = 99, Race = 1)

Arguments

genetics	yes or no
history	string
T1	A number
AgeMen	A number
Age1st	A number
N_Rels	A number
N_Biop	A number
HypPlas	A number
Race	A number

Value

The probability of breast cancer based on T1 and AgeMen and Age1st and N_Rels and N_Biop.

Author(s)

• BRCA

References

• Costantino JP, Gail MH, Pee D, Anderson S, Redmond CK, Benichou J, Wieand S, Validation studies for models projecting the risk of invasive and total breast cancer incidence. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999; 91:1541-1548

See Also

• pending.

Examples

Vignette: 50 year old woman with no risk factors