Breast cancer risk can be calculated by Statistics

Breast cancer risk can be calculated by Statistics

A team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, United States, has produced new statistical formula to calculate a woman's risk of breast cancer within the next 10 to 20 years.

This new technique to examine the woman's age, number of children, diet, weight, lifestyle, use of contraceptives, and hormones. That way, researchers can determine the risk of cancer suffered by patients.

Memprediski not only breast cancer, this technique is also able to predict the risk of developing endometrial and ovarian cancer.

In a trial involving nearly 122,000 female, the researchers found that women aged over 50 years would have a risk of developing breast cancer among 1,57 21,78 percent percent to a 10-year period.

While at the 20-year period, the risk increased to 3,64 35,11 percent to percent.

The researchers claim that this new technique capable of accurately predicting a woman suffering from cancer, especially breast cancer.

According to Dr. Ruth Pfeiffer, leader of the research, this new technique can be very helpful in clinical decision making related to the risk of cancer.

"By using this technique, then a woman has a risk model for dealing with breast cancer," said Pfeiffer, reported by the Telegraph, August 2, 2013.

This research gets a warm welcome from both the doctors, because of their ease in identifying the patients are women who have cancer risks.

The results of this research have been published in the journal PLoS Medicine