Factors Affecting Informed Decision-Making in Women with Increased Breast Cancer Risk or DCIS Pursuing Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 761.1-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Valente ◽  
T Stybio ◽  
S Hyde ◽  
J Lipscomb ◽  
TW Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Prophylactic Mastectomy ◽  
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Factors Affecting

Prophylactic Mastectomy - Evaluation and Treatment of High Risk Patients

Swiss Surgery ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remmel ◽  
Harder
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Prophylactic Mastectomy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Reconstructive Procedures ◽  
Medline Search ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Reduction ◽  
Cancer Risk Reduction

Prophylactic mastectomy is an aggressive strategy for breast cancer risk reduction. The indications and efficiency of this procedures are not yet clearly defined. Randomized, prospective studies, comparing different surgical procedures with other modalities of breast cancer risk reduction are lacking. The report evaluates the existing controversy, based on Medline search in the following sequence: risk factors, possibilities of risk reduction, effectiveness of risk reduction, technical considerations and recommendations. Patient selection is difficult and needs an interdisciplinary approach. The women have to be well informed about all treatment alternatives and various reconstructive procedures. An appropriate risk reduction strategy should be selected individually for each patient. Up to now, there exist only recommendations from different institutions but no definitive guidelines.

Breast cancer risk correlates with level of atypia in prophylactic mastectomy(PM) specimens

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (S2) ◽  
pp. S94-S94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kulkarni ◽  
A. Rademaker ◽  
S. Khan ◽  
V. Staradub ◽  
L. Wiley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Prophylactic Mastectomy
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