What is a normal Tyrer-cuzick score?
Less than 15% is considered average risk. Between 15-19% is considered intermediate risk. Greater than 20% is considered high risk.
What is Tyrer-cuzick risk?
The Tyrer-Cuzick tool assesses breast cancer risk based on a woman's answers to a series of questions, including age at first period, height, weight, childbearing history, family history of breast cancer, menopausal status, and any use of hormone replacement therapy.
What is the meaning of tomosynthesis?
Tomosynthesis or “3D” mammography is a new type of digital x-ray mammogram which creates 2D and 3D-like pictures of the breasts. This tool improves the ability of mammography to detect early breast cancers, and decreases the number of women “called back” for additional tests for findings that are not cancers.