(NewsNation) — As Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway, health experts are urging women to take advantage of early detection resources, starting with a simple online test.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, also known as the Gail Model, is an online calculator that helps physicians estimate a patient’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer over the next five years and up to age 90. According to the National Cancer Institute, the eight-question test uses “a woman's personal medical and reproductive history and the history of breast cancer among her first-degree relatives (mother, sisters, daughters)” to determine the risk score.
In an interview with Business Insider, actress Olivia Munn said she and her doctor discovered her lifetime risk assessment score was 37%, even tho