History, Physical Examination, and Staging: Introduction Print Section Listen Breast cancer is being detected at earlier stages due to improvements in imaging and increased public awareness of the breast health…
Definition of Chemoprevention and Identifying Women at Risk Print Section Listen Breast cancer is a complex disease, resulting from the interaction of nonmodifiable factors such as an individual’s genome, age…
Metastasis: Introduction Print Section Listen Breast cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women,1 mainly due to the propensity of primary breast tumors to metastasize to regional…
Genetic Predisposition Syndromes: Introduction Print Section Listen In 1860, Dr. Broca, a French surgeon, reported on the pedigree of his wife’s family because of her early-onset breast cancer and the…
Epidemiology of Breast Cancer: Introduction Print Section Listen Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women both in the United States and in the world. It is the second…
Communicating a Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Introduction Print Section Listen The delivery of a diagnosis of breast cancer to a patient elicits a strong emotional response from the patient, and similarly,…
Breast Cancer Screening: Introduction Print Section Listen Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting American women excluding skin cancers. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, having…
Initial AJCC Staging: Introduction Print Section Listen Staging is the classification used to define the risk of cancer recurrence and mortality. Cancer staging is useful for assessing prognosis and defining…
Components of a Breast Care Program: Introduction Print Section Listen The last few decades have seen unprecedented advances in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with breast cancer. This…
Establishing a Cancer Genetics Service: Introduction Print Section Listen Given the accumulating evidence documenting the efficacy of genetic screening and risk-reduction interventions, genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) has become a…
