Research Article

Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Volume: 18 Number: 1 March 30, 2018
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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

Authors

Betül Bozkurt This is me

Ragıp Çam This is me

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

APA
Altunbaş Ateş, E., Bozkurt, B., & Çam, R. (2018). Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Ankara Medical Journal, 18(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.408963
AMA
1.Altunbaş Ateş E, Bozkurt B, Çam R. Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2018;18(1):31-39. doi:10.17098/amj.408963
Chicago
Altunbaş Ateş, Elif, Betül Bozkurt, and Ragıp Çam. 2018. “Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal 18 (1): 31-39. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.408963.
EndNote
Altunbaş Ateş E, Bozkurt B, Çam R (March 1, 2018) Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Ankara Medical Journal 18 1 31–39.
IEEE
[1]E. Altunbaş Ateş, B. Bozkurt, and R. Çam, “Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment”, Ankara Med J, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 31–39, Mar. 2018, doi: 10.17098/amj.408963.
ISNAD
Altunbaş Ateş, Elif - Bozkurt, Betül - Çam, Ragıp. “Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal 18/1 (March 1, 2018): 31-39. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.408963.
JAMA
1.Altunbaş Ateş E, Bozkurt B, Çam R. Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2018;18:31–39.
MLA
Altunbaş Ateş, Elif, et al. “Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 31-39, doi:10.17098/amj.408963.
Vancouver
1.Elif Altunbaş Ateş, Betül Bozkurt, Ragıp Çam. Sensitivities of the Gail, NSABP and NCI Risk Analysis Models for Turkish Women for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2018 Mar. 1;18(1):31-9. doi:10.17098/amj.408963