Women who carry a
BRCA genetic mutation
Lifetime risk of breast
cancer in female carriers
Lifetime risk of ovarian
cancer in female carriers
The BRCAlive Tool provides estimates of woman’s future risk of breast or ovarian cancer, from her current age to age 90, for women with a known deleterious BRCA mutation. The cancer risks are based on a computer simulation model using data from large studies of women with known BRCA mutations, and the simulation accounts for the specific location of a woman’s BRCA mutation. Technical details may be found at Cancer Risk Calculations.
The BRCAlive Tool allows a woman to consider preventive surgeries (bilateral mastectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy) at different ages, to see how her future risk of cancer changes.
A personalized cancer risk estimate depends on
Current Age
Breast Surgery History
Ovarian Surgery History
Specific BRCA Mutation
The online BRCAlive Tool is intended to provide useful cancer risk estimates solely for research and educational purposes. The BRCAlive Tool is maintained by a UCLA research team, led by Dr. Elisa Long, as a benefit to the research and education community. Please use this website and tool at your own risk.