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Your
risk factors of getting Breast Cancer |
Score |
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| 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)
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| 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)>
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| 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
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| 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)
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| >5.
Menopause |
Add
one point for each 8 years since menopause |
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| 6.
HRT |
Add
one point for each 5 years on hormone therapy |
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| 7.
Weight |
Add
one point for each 20 pounds overweight |
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| 8.
Biopsy |
Add
one point for each biopsy |
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| 9.
Ethnicity |
Add
one point if you are African-American or Jewish |
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| 10.
Nursing |
SUBTRACT
one point for each child nursed
for at least one month
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| 11.
Hysterectomy |
SUBTRACT
one point for each 5 years since you have had a hysterectomy |
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| Score:
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30
points or above = high risk
20 points or above = medium risk
19 points or less = low risk
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