What’s Your Cancer
Prevent Score?
See how diet, exercise and drinking less alcohol can reduce your risk of hereditary cancers, including breast and ovarian cancers, by up to 45%.
Important Resources and Links
This study provided the scientific foundation and scoring methodology behind PreventScore. It links lifestyle factors — such as diet, exercise, and alcohol consumption — with measurable reductions in cancer risk. In summary, it found that each healthy behavior may lower the risk of developing breast, ovarian, and potentially other cancers by 5–7%, with a combined reduction of up to 45%.
As described in the WCRF /AICR Third Expert Report, there is strong evidence for causal links between lifestyle behaviors and cancer risk. The 2018 WCRF/AICR Score is a simple, standardized scoring system to quantify adherence to the Cancer Prevention Recommendations from the Third Expert Report. The Score can be used to examine how adherence to these recommendations is associated with cancer-related outcomes.
2. Stanford Decision Tool for Women with BRCA Mutations
This decision support tool is designed for joint use by women with BRCA mutations and their health care providers, to guide management of cancer risks. This tool is not intended to replace any aspect of medical care. The goal of this tool is to inform discussion between providers and patients about options for reducing cancer risk.
3. Bright Pink
Bright Pink empowers young women nationwide to know their risk and manage their health proactively, providing actionable information and support online and in healthcare settings, schools, workplaces and communities. Through award-winning digital tools, high-impact programs, and strategic partnerships with world-class brands and organizations, Bright Pink transformed the national conversation about breast and ovarian cancer from one centered around awareness to one focused on life-saving action.
In October 2024, Bright Pink proudly announced a $3.5 million legacy gift to establish the Bright Pink Preventive Risk Outreach And Cascade Testing (PROACT) Program at Stanford Medicine.
PROACT is an online platform that provides personalized cancer genetic risk information to family members of those with hereditary cancer risk. Individuals who have had a pathogenic variant identified on genetic testing can invite their first-degree and second-degree relatives to the platform to learn about genetic cancer risk and consider low-cost at-home genetic testing.
4. Center for BRCA Research - UCSF (University of California San Fransisco)
The Center for BRCA Research builds on UCSF’s extraordinary foundation of groundbreaking discovery, excellence in patient care, and long history of interdisciplinary research at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This new program provides a unique model of care for cancer patients with hereditary cancers due to BRCA and other genetic mutations.
5. Basser Center for BRCA at University of Pennsylvania
The Basser Center is a place where families can turn for education and genetic counseling. We are a leader in raising awareness, which is currently the most effective way to save lives and provide options to those affected by a BRCA mutation.