Article
Polygenic risk scores to refine Breast cancer screening and prevention strategies.
Personalized medicine - 1 Dec 2025
Roberts E, Flaum N, Howell S J, Evans Dgr
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer (BC) is the world's most prevalent cancer and can affect almost any post-pubertal woman. Early detection is associated with improved survival, and most high-income countries have adopted population-based screening programs to enhance early detection and survival although significant differences in screening age, methodology, and frequency exist. BC is known to be a heritable disease, with a small...
Topics
- Humans
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Precision Medicine
- Mass Screening
