Clinical options for women at high risk for breast cancer

Authors
Hartmann, LC Sellers, TA Schaid, DJ Nayfield, S Grant, CS Bjoraker, JA Woods, J Couch, F
Citation
Lc. Hartmann et al., Clinical options for women at high risk for breast cancer, SURG CL NA, 79(5), 1999, pp. 1189
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
00396109 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6109(199910)79:5<1189:COFWAH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
For women with high genetic risk of breast cancer, three management options generally are considered: cancer surveillance, prophylactic surgery (i.e., mastectomy or oophorectomy), and chemoprevention. in this article, the aut hors examine the available data for all three options, and pay particular a ttention to a study of prophylactic mastectomy performed at the Mayo Clinic .