Risk Assessment

Your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

	Your risk factors of getting Breast Cancer	Score

1. Family History	Add 15 points if you, your mother, sister or daughter has had breast cancer (15 points maximum) (If you scored 15 points in #1 above, skip #1a). Add 10 points maximum if your grandmother, Aunt or Cousin has had breast cancer (maternal or paternal)
2. Age	Add the following number to your score: Double your age, round to the nearest 10 and drop the zero (ex. Age 52 = 50, drop the 0, add 5 points)>
3. Pregnancy	Add 1 point if 1st pregnancy in teenage years Add 2 points if 1st pregnancy in twenties Add 3 points if 1st pregnancy in thirties Add 4 points if 1st pregnancy in forties Add double your age points if no pregnancies
4. Birth Control	Add to your score the number of years on birth control, divided in half. (ex. 6 years on birth control, add 3)
>5. Menopause	Add one point for each 8 years since menopause
6. HRT	Add one point for each 5 years on hormone therapy
7. Weight	Add one point for each 20 pounds overweight
8. Biopsy	Add one point for each biopsy
9. Ethnicity	Add one point if you are African-American or Jewish
10. Nursing	SUBTRACT one point for each child nursed for at least one month
11. Hysterectomy	SUBTRACT one point for each 5 years since you have had a hysterectomy
Score:	30 points or above = high risk 20 points or above = medium risk 19 points or less = low risk