The Understanding and Addressing Rejection of Personalized Cancer Risk Information study seeks to understand the nature of the phenomenon of personalized cancer risk rejection in the context of mammography screening by testing hypotheses about why women reject their risk estimate and the influence of rejection on screening intentions.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT) will be used to asses participant's breast cancer risk. This model is designed to estimate breast cancer risk in women 35-84, and uses the following predictors: 1) age, 2) age at first menstrual period, 3) age at first live birth, 4) first-degree relatives with breast cancer, 5) previous breast biopsy with atypical hyperplasia, and 6) race/ethnicity. Participants will be required to complete a survey in which they receive their BCRAT model risk estimate and respond to that risk estimate.
