Title
An Update on Screening and Prevention for Breast and Gynecological Cancers in Average and High Risk Individuals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2020
Publication Title
The American journal of the medical sciences
Abstract
Breast and gynecological cancers affect almost 900,000 women and therefore most health care providers will be involved at some point in the management of women with cancer. As the prognosis of all cancers is much more favorable when diagnosed in early stages, it is imperative that all health care providers are familiar not only with current screening guidelines for the average population, but also with the identification of high risk individuals who may benefit from more intense screening as well as available interventions to prevent disease or decrease risk. The purpose of this review article is to provide relevant information to physicians and other health care providers to aid in identifying patients that are classified as "high risk" for developing breast or a gynecologic cancer, outlining what interventions exist for adequate screening and risk reduction strategies, and to provide an update on current screening guidelines for individuals at average and high risk.
First Page
489
Last Page
510
DOI
10.1016/j.amjms.2020.06.008
Recommended Citation
Pahlawanian, Anahid M.; Norris, Vanessa A.; Jernigan, Amelia M.; Morrell, Brooke; Morrell, Mignonne; Nair, Navya; Karamanis, Amber M.; Dauchy, Erin M.; Loch, Michelle M.; and Garcia, Agustin A., "An Update on Screening and Prevention for Breast and Gynecological Cancers in Average and High Risk Individuals" (2020). LSU-LCMC Cancer Center Faculty Publications. 48.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/llcc_facpubs/48