Making Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Personal

Breast cancer risk assessment in Iranian women by Gail model

  Abstract   Background: Due to the high incidence of breast cancer and the effect of its early   diagnosis on decreasing morbidity and mortality, we used the Gail model to study   breast cancer risk in Iranian women.   Methods: This study was done in a simple randomized way. Participants were 2000   Iranian women older than 35 years old. The questionnaire consisted of demographic   data such a...

Breast cancer risk assessment and risk reduction.

Until recently, the primary message of breast health awareness programs was that early detection is a woman's best protection against breast cancer, because there was no way to prevent it. Currently, however, tamoxifen is approved for chemoprevention of breast cancer in high-risk women, and studies are underway evaluating other medications that may decrease breast cancer risk. Data have also be...

Women's interest in a personal breast cancer risk assessment and lifestyle advice at NHS mammography screening

Background Although mortality from breast cancer is declining, incidence continues to increase and is often detected at routine NHS screening. Most middle aged and older women in England attend for screening every 3 years. Assessing their personal breast cancer risk and providing preventative lifestyle advice could help to further reduce breast cancer incidence. Methods A cross-sectional, sel...

SNPs for breast cancer risk assessment

Ductal lavage for breast cancer risk assessment.

BACKGROUND Effective chemoprevention is available for breast cancer, but it is associated with the potential for life-threatening adverse events. Accurate identification of women facing increased risk of breast cancer is therefore essential. Atypical hyperplasia is a histopathologic pattern that has been consistently associated with an elevated future risk of breast cancer. METHODS The litera...