How Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tools Work

In March 2024, the actress Olivia Munn announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Ms. Munn also highlighted the role a cancer risk assessment tool played in the process that led to her diagnosis. In this Q&A, Ruth Pfeiffer, Ph.D., and Peter Kraft, Ph.D., of NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics discuss how these tools are created and how people can use them to understand and manage their risk. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/understanding-breast-cancer-risk-assessment-tools?cid=eb_govdel