ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2016
Identification and management of women with a family history of breast cancer: Practical guide for clinicians.
Review in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Breast Cancer Survivorship Tool: Facilitating breast cancer survivorship care for family physicians and patients.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020Pooled it
- Pharmacological Prevention in Breast Cancer: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions.Cancers · 2025Review
- Histological and Immunohistochemical Characteristics for Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk in a Cohort of Brazilian Women.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Article
- Tamoxifen Citrate Containing Topical Nanoemulgel Prepared by Ultrasonication Technique: Formulation Design and In Vitro Evaluation.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- A regional population-based hereditary breast cancer screening tool in Italy: First 5-year results.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- It takes a team: CanIMPACT: Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Article
- Follow-up after treatment for breast cancer: Practical guide to survivorship care for family physicians.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarize the best evidence on strategies to identify and manage women with a family history of breast cancer. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: A PubMed search was conducted using the search terms breast cancer, guidelines, risk, family history, management, and magnetic resonance imaging screening from 2000 to 2016. Most evidence is level II. MAIN MESSAGE: Taking a good family history is essential when assessing breast cancer risk in order to identify women suitable for referral to a genetic counselor for possible genetic testing. Offering risk-reducing surgery (bilateral prophylactic mastectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) to women with BRCA genetic mutations can save lives. All women with a family history of breast cancer should be encouraged to stay active and limit alcohol intake to less than 1 drink per day; some will qualify for chemoprevention. Women with a 20% to 25% or greater lifetime risk of breast cancer should be offered enhanced screening with annual magnetic resonance imaging in addition to mammography.
conclusionHealthy living and chemoprevention (for suitable women) could reduce breast cancer incidence; enhanced screening could result in earlier detection. Referring women who carry BRCA mutations for risk-reducing surgery will save lives.
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