Galen eCalcs - Calculator: Breast Cancer Risk

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Description

The purpose of the Breast Cancer Risk tool is to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer.


Calculator Search/Filter Keywords

At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the Breast Cancer Risk calculator:

Specialties

  • Family Practice
  • Gerontology
  • Obstetrics
  • Oncology

Systems

  • Musculoskeletal
  • Reproductive


Calculator Configuration Options

Preference Name Valid Range Description
Publishing Checked / Unchecked When checked the calculator will display for users on the front end.
When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
Orderable Item Override (BLANK) / G-BreastCa “(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used.
“G-BreastCa” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the output.

Calculator Inputs

Input Mapping Type Description
Breast Cancer, DCIS, or LCIS Problems Patient’s history of breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)
Age Demographics Patient Age
Age at First Live Birth Manual Input Patient Age at first live birth
Breast Cancer (Immediate Family) Problems Immediate Family members with breast cancer
Ethnicity Demographics Patient Ethnicity
Biopsy Results / No Default Mappings Number of biopsies performed
Atypical Hyperplasia Problems Patient has had atypical hyperplasia


Calculator Outputs

Output Mapping Type Description
Average Five Year Risk Result The average 5 year risk of the patient developing breast cancer
Average Lifetime Risk Result The average lifetime risk of the patient developing breast cancer
Five Year Risk Result The 5 year risk of the patient developing breast cancer
Lifetime Risk Result The lifetime risk of the patient developing breast cancer

References

http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/