Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
Abstract
Objectives: The best protection against breast cancer, the most
common cancer in women, is early detection. The most commonly used risk assessment
tools, identifying women at high risk of developing breast cancer, are the Gail
model and its modifications, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel
Project (NSABP) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) models. We aimed to
evaluate the sensitivities of these models.
Materials and Methods: We
retrospectively evaluated 1333 patients who had been diagnosed with breast
cancer at Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital and Ankara University
Medical Faculty between April 1998 and December 2014.
Results: The Gail model identified
32.52% of the patients as being at high risk. The model NSABP identified 15.48%
as being at high risk and the NCI identified 19.39 %.
Conclusion: Comparison of the
sensitivity of three models revealed Gail model as the most sensitive one, but
it only identified 32.52 % of the patients who developed breast cancer as being
at high risk. There was a correlation between the results, but results were
significantly different. We conclude that these three models are not applicable
to Turkish women due to their low sensitivity and poor concordance. There is a
need to develop a new risk assessment model with the addition of different
parameters for Turkish women.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
March 30, 2018
Submission Date
March 22, 2018
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 18 Number: 1