title: Gail model risk assessment and risk perceptions.
abstract: Patients can benefit from accessible breast cancer risk information. The Gail model is a well-known means of providing risk information to patients and for guiding clinical decisions. Risk presentation often includes 5-year and life-time percent chances for a woman to develop breast cancer. How do women perceive their risks after Gail model risk assessment? This exploratory study used a randomized clinical trial design to address this question among women not previously selected for breast cancer risk. Results suggest a brief risk assessment intervention changes quantitative and comparative risk perceptions and improves accuracy. This study improves our understanding of risk perceptions by evaluating an intervention in a population not previously selected for high-risk status and measuring perceptions in a variety of formats.
authors.affiliation: Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 College Street, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037, USA. jmquilli@vcu.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Quillin
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fries
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McClish
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaw de Paredes
authors.forename: Joann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bodurtha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment