Article
Clinical tools and counseling considerations for breast cancer risk assessment and evaluation for hereditary cancer risk.
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Jun 2022
Hipp Lauren E, Hulswit Bailey B, Milliron Kara J
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease. Unfortunately, it is the most common malignancy diagnosed in women in the USA, with 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 49,290 new cases of noninvasive breast cancer are diagnosed per year. In England, it is currently estimated that approximately 1 in 7 (14%) women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the UK in 2017, 54,700...
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Counseling
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Mastectomy
- Risk Assessment
