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The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT), also known as The Gail Model, allows health professionals to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer over the next five years and up to age 90 (lifetime risk).
- Risk Calculator
This tool cannot accurately calculate risk for women with a...
- The Gail Model
Learn how the Gail model-based Breast Cancer Risk Assessment...
- Risk Calculator
This risk calculator asks questions about your personal and family history to determine your lifetime risk probability of developing breast cancer compared with the age-adjusted U.S. population average probability of developing breast cancer.
Getting regular screening tests is the most reliable way to find breast cancer early. The American Cancer Society has screening guidelines for women at average risk for breast cancer and for those at high risk for breast cancer. On this page.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (the Gail model) is often used by health care providers to estimate breast cancer risk. The tool calculates a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer over the next 5 years and within her lifetime (up to age 90).
Learn how the Gail model-based Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool calculates an individual's estimated risk of developing invasive breast cancer. Created by scientists at the National Cancer Institute and the NSABP.
This short assessment will help you learn if you have risk factors that may raise your breast cancer risk. It is not a complete review of all breast cancer risks. For a complete evaluation of your risks, see your healthcare provider. Knowing your breast cancer risk is helpful when making a breast cancer screening plan.
Risk assessment is important to determine if a woman is at average or increased risk of breast cancer to guide counseling regarding breast cancer surveillance, risk reduction, and genetic testing. Risk assessment should not be used to consider a woman ineligible for screening appropriate for her age.
