CARE Model SAS Macro: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment for African American Women
The CARE Model is a SAS macro that allows researchers to estimate an African American woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer. The CARE Model may be updated periodically as new data or research becomes available.
Users can enter data on risk factors and projection interval ages for a group of women, and the macro will return the corresponding absolute risk projections. This program may be useful for researchers who need risk projections for an entire study population.
The NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool has been updated to include the CARE Model information. Both the tool and SAS macro are designed for use by health professionals and researchers.
If you are not a health professional, you are encouraged to discuss the results and your personal risk of breast cancer with your healthcare provider.
Download Software:
Download the zip file and unpack it an appropriate directory. The zip file contains ReadMe.pdf with further instructions.- Download the AABrCa_RAM.zip file and unpack it an appropriate directory.
- Follow the instructions in the ReadMe file.
Reference:
Gail MH, Costantino JP, et al. Projecting Individualized Absolute Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 Nov 27; [Epub ahead of print].
Support:
Questions on statistical/medical issues? Contact: Dr. Mitchell Gail
Questions on software issues? Contact: Fanni Zhang