Cancer institute updates risk calculator

Thursday, November 29, 2007

A widely used tool for predicting a woman's risk of breast cancer is getting an update - to better reflect black women's risk. At issue is the National Cancer Institute's online risk calculator. Answer a few questions - such as current age, age when your first child was born, family history of breast cancer - and learn your odds of getting breast cancer in the next five years.

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