About the CanRisk Tool

The CanRisk Tool is used to compute breast and ovarian cancer risks and mutation carrier probabilities.

• What does the CanRisk Tool do?
• Can I use the CanRisk Tool to estimate risks for populations outside Europe?
• What web browsers are supported by CanRisk?
• Who can use the CanRisk Tool?
• Why have I not received my account activation email?
• Can the target/proband can be changed?
• What pedigree data management/ drawing programs can export pedigrees to the BOADICEA format?
• What is your policy on software bugs?
• Which paper should I cite when describing results generated with the CanRisk Tool?
• Can automatic synchronisation of the age and year of birth fields be switched off?
• Can I specify default settings for the proband's country of residence and mutation search sensitivities?
• How are rare genetic pathogenic variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, ATM, CHEK2 , RAD51C, RAD51D, and BRIP1 used in the CanRisk Tool?
• What rare genetic variants are considered in the breast and ovarian cancer models?