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A study trying to find the best way to work out breast cancer risk for women with a strong family history (FHRisk)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study looked at improving the way specialists work out the risk of breast cancer in women who have a family history of the disease.

The women who took part in this study had a strong family history of breast cancer and had their risk assessed at a Family History Clinic in Manchester.

Recruitment start: 1 November 2010

Recruitment end: 27 November 2012

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Gareth Evans

Supported by

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)

Last reviewed: 28 March 2019

CRUK internal database number: 8714

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