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Nomogram for Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

Predicts risk of brain metastasis in patients with stage IV breast cancer.

This tool contains the nomogram as well as estimates for some input values. Know the limitations of nomograms prior to use.

years

Histological grade

Receptor status

months

Number of non brain metastatic sites

Nomogram to predict breast cancer metastasis to the brain

Result:

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Management

Use the resulting probability of brain metastases to guide clinical discussions with patients regarding their prognosis.

Critical Actions

Please note that this tool involves the use of visual estimation to generate a risk output. While all medical calculators have inherent assumptions that are used in their statistical analysis, visual estimation may introduce an increased risk of error.