by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Models
The Tyrer-Cuzick model does not have a strict minimum age for a calculation, although the per annum baseline risk for women under 30 is very small. This basically means that a woman essentially has the same lifetime risk at 20 as she does at 30 as long as the other...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Models
The risk models are all different and are all more or less sensitive to different aspects of risk: Gail only incorporates 1st degree relatives, while Claus, which incorporates 1st and 2nd degree relatives, ignores hormonal issues and pathology factors. Some of the...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Models
The risk models are all different and are all more or less sensitive to different aspects of risk: Gail only incorporates 1st degree relatives, while Claus, which incorporates 1st and 2nd degree relatives, ignores hormonal issues and pathology factors. Some of the...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Models
Models can be run directly on the native model software, or thru aggregating software that allows data input once and then runs multiple models. Aggregator software includes CancerGene, Hughes RiskApps Express, and Hughes RiskApps (Installed version). In comparing...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Biopsy, Gail, Models, Tyrer Cuzick
Good question. The ‘number of biopsies’ question is only used by Gail and TC, both of which are not applicable for breast cancer patients, so the answer would not change calculations anyway. I would tend also to say zero, as that was the count before the cancer was...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Biopsy, Gail, Models, Tyrer Cuzick
The ‘number of biopsies’ question is only used by Gail and TC, both of which are not applicable for breast cancer patients, so the answer would not change calculations anyway. I would tend to say zero, as that was the count before the cancer was known. Once the...
