A computer-based tool that allows health professionals to project a woman's
individualized estimate of breast cancer risk is being released in a pilot
program by NCI this month. The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool is a computer
program that women and their health care providers can use to estimate a
woman's chances of developing breast cancer based on several established
risk factors. Researchers from NCI and NSABP developed the tool. The disk
is available at no charge and in personal computer (PC) and MacIntosh computer
formats. To order, call the NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER
or visit NCI's CancerTrials Web site at http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov.
For information on the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial and easy access
to all clinical trials information from the National Cancer Institute, go
to http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov.
For information on National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
clinical trials, including future prevention trials, go to http://www.nsabp.pitt.edu.