Gail score

(gāl)

[Mitchell H. Gail, U.S. oncologist]

A tool that assesses a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer in the next 5 years. It uses several variables, including the woman’s current age and the ages when she first menstruated and gave birth; any history of breast biopsies; and any history of the disease in her mother, sisters, or daughters.

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Joyce O'Shaughnessy, an investigator in the trial, stressed that while the study doesn't have the statistical power to conclude ductal lavage is a useful screening tool for detecting breast cancer, it does establish the technique as a helpful means of further stratifying an individual's risk beyond Gail score alone.

O'Shaughnessy said "there is a huge amount of interest" in ductal lavage among breast cancer specialists around the country An example of the sort of highly practical question she would love to see answered through a clinical trial or registry data is this: If a woman at high lifetime risk of breast cancer based upon a high Gail score has benign findings on lavage and her lavage remains benign a year later, does she need to take tamoxifen?

Ductal Lavage Finds Early Breast Cancer

Joyce O'Shaughnessy, an investigator in the trial, stressed that while the study lacked the statistical power to show that ductal lavage is a useful screening tool, it does establish the technique as a helpful means of further stratifying an individual's risk beyond Gail score alone.

Ductal Lavage Detects Early Breast Ca in High Risk

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