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The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

Will DES Action groups succeed in getting DES acknowledged as a risk factor?

The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
An interactive tool designed by scientists at the NCI to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer

The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool is an interactive tool designed by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer. The tool has been updated for African American women based on the Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences (CARE) Study, and for Asian and Pacific Islander women in the United States based on the Asian American Breast Cancer Study (AABCS).

The DES Paper 40th Anniversary – Dr Arthur Herbst

The University of Chicago, 17 May 2011

Commemorating Arthur L Herbst and the 40th Anniversary of His Landmark DES Paper.

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The DES Story, Lessons Learned

National Cancer Institute, October 2011

Dr. Robert Hoover, director of NCI’s Epidemiology and Biostatistics Programme, discusses a new study of diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug once prescribed to pregnant women. Dr. Hoover describes the history behind DES and the long-term health effects that are now known to be associated with prenatal exposure to the drug. A written article about the study appears in the NCI DES follow-up study.

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