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. 2015 Jul 23;22(10):3230–3235. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4715-9

Table 1.

Definition of high risk

Risk factor Defining high risk
First-degree family member diagnosed at <50 years of age Twofold risk
Atypical hyperplasia Cumulative absolute risk is 30 % at 25-year follow-up
Chest radiation between 10 and 30 years of age 40 % lifetime risk
Gail model 5-year risk Five-year risk ≥1.7 %
Breast density (BI-RADS, D3 or D4) Women with extremely dense breasts have a twofold increased risk compared with average women
Lobular carcinoma in situ 25 % lifetime risk
International Breast Cancer Intervention Study model (Tyrer–Cuzick model) life-time risk ≥20 % lifetime risk

BI-RADS Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, D3 the breast tissue is heterogeneously dense, D4 the breast tissue is extremely dense