There are two important aspects in breast-cancer prevention: early detection and risk reduction. Screening may identify early noninvasive cancers and allow treatment before they become invasive or identify invasive cancers at an early treatable stage. But screening does not, per se, prevent cancer. Breast-cancer prevention really must be understood as risk reduction. In extremely high-risk […]
Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Multidisciplinary Approaches
Techniques such as imaging, pathology, surgery, radiation oncology, and medical oncology have decreased breast cancer mortality rates.What other preventative methods, treatment techniques, and alternative therapies exist that have not been fully explored?
Have previous studies using tamoxifen to prevent invasive breast cancer in high-risk patients effectively measured its effect on […]