Saint Mary's Comprehensive Breast Center
|  Phone: 616.685.6756
Comprehensive Breast Center

Know Your Risk? Find out now. 

Complete our easy online MammoPlus Risk Assessment Tool. It's seven simple questions. This risk assessment is the same assessment offered by the National Cancer Institute.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE TAKING THE RISK ASSESSMENT:

Risk estimates calculated by the tool are estimates of absolute breast cancer risk. Absolute breast cancer risk is the chance or probability of developing invasive breast cancer in a defined age interval. The tool will estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer during the next 5-year period and up to age 90. This is based on the woman's age and the risk factor information provided. For comparison, the tool will then calculate 5-year and lifetime risk estimates for a woman of the same age who is at average risk for developing breast cancer.

Although a woman's risk may be accurately estimated, these predictions do not allow one to say precisely which woman will develop breast cancer.

Upon completion of the assessment your information is saved and reviewed by a breast health professional. Should your risk estimate fall into a range of concern you will be contacted by someone from our High Risk Program to discuss scheduling an in-depth High Risk Assessment.

Other Guidelines:

  • The tool should not be used for women who have already had a diagnosis of breast cancer, or have had lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
  • The BCRA risk calculator may be updated as new data or research is available.
  • The tool has been used successfully in clinics for women with strong family histories of breast cancer. However, there are more specific methods of estimating risk for women who have breast cancer producing mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.
  • Other factors also affect risk and are not accounted for by the tool, such as previous radiation therapy to the chest.

If you have questions at any time, please call the Comprehensive Breast Center at 616.685.6756 and press #4 to speak to a Breast Health Navigator.


Click here to complete a comprehensive risk assessment


  Phone: 616.685.6756