Modeling Risk of Breast Cancer and Decisions about Genetic Testing (original) (raw)

Lecture Notes in Statistics, 1999

Abstract

Recent advances in the understanding of genetic susceptibility to breastcancer, notably identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and theadvent of genetic testing, raise important questions for clinicians, patientsand policy makers. Answers to many of these questions hinge on accurateassessment of the risk of breast cancer. In particular, it is important topredict genetic susceptibility based on easy-to-collect data about familyhistory

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