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DokeeOkee t1_jby17sl wrote

This is so nice. Thank you. Please consider posting to r/breastcancer.

Do any of you r/dataisbeautiful people know of a breast-cancer resource for calculating risk for a very specific case (T1a N0 ER+(100%), PR+(9%), HER2- invasive ductal carcinoma, mid 50s in age, very-dense breasts, family history of leukemia)? There are tons of studies on breast cancer, but we haven't found something to pull them all together to calculate risk to help guide treatment. NCCN guidelines are nice but are too general and ignore our aggravating factors. The one I'm supporting loves data. I think a nomogram would be great.

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Mr_Brownbear t1_jby9rsl wrote

To be honest, if you’re looking for a resource for guiding treatment, that pulls all studies together to make a recommendation, you’re really not going to find anything better than NCCN. NCCN is created by national experts in medical, surgical and radiation oncology and is updated very regularly, as practice changing studies come out.

Not to say that it is the end all be all of cancer care, but it’s probably the best out there.

If you have any particular questions about what is recommended on there, and why, I could probably point you in the right direction of the clinical trials that established standards of care.

Source: am oncologist

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BluebellsMcGee OP t1_jby7kfs wrote

I did post a link to the graphic on r/breastcancer, but that sub doesn't allow images to be directly posted on it. (BTW that sub is a wonderful resource for breast cancer patients, and has been one of my most frequently visited websites throughout!)

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