乳腺癌风险评估

概述

乳腺癌风险评估需考虑妇科健康状况、个人乳腺活检史、乳腺密度和家族病史等几个方面，以计算是否可能比一般人更容易患乳腺癌。

可以利用乳腺癌风险评估的结果来确定患乳腺癌的风险是否更高。乳腺癌风险评估可以帮助确定是否应该考虑采取措施来降低患乳腺癌的风险，比如服用药物。

妙佑医疗国际的乳腺癌风险评估由您的初级保健提供者或乳腺专科门诊的专业人员进行。医疗服务提供者还可提供有关基因检测的风险和益处的咨询、教育、乳腺癌筛查和讨论。

目的

A breast cancer risk assessment is something a healthcare professional does to figure out the chances that someone will get breast cancer. The results can help you and your healthcare professional make decisions about your care. Your level of risk helps determine the kind of breast cancer screening you should have. It also helps determine whether you might consider treatment to lower your risk of breast cancer.

风险

A breast cancer risk assessment doesn't have any risks or side effects. A breast cancer risk assessment is an opportunity to better understand your level of risk and how that affects your chance of developing breast cancer. A breast cancer risk assessment involves talking with your healthcare professional about your health history, your family history of cancer and the results of any breast biopsies that you've had.

Breast cancer risk assessment can lead to other tests and procedures that might have risks. For example, there may be risks with genetic testing for breast cancer risk. Procedures used for breast cancer screening and diagnosis also may have risks. If you choose to have surgery or other treatments to lower the risk of breast cancer, these also have risks.

可能出现的情况

A breast cancer risk assessment is something a healthcare professional does to figure out the chances that someone will get breast cancer. It may be done as part of a regular checkup with your healthcare professional. A healthcare professional also might do a breast cancer risk assessment if something changes about your health or family history. For example, if a family member gets breast cancer or if you have a breast biopsy, you might have a breast cancer risk assessment.

If you think your risk of breast cancer is high, your health professional may send you to see a specialist. Breast health specialists are healthcare professionals who help people understand and manage their breast cancer risk.

A breast cancer risk assessment might involve:

• Talking about your health history.
• Talking about your reproductive history.
• Talking about your history of breast biopsies or other procedures related to breast cancer.
• Talking about your family history of breast cancer.
• Talking about lifestyle factors that may increase the risk of breast cancer.
• Using a computerized tool to calculate your risk of breast cancer.
• Discussing your results and the next steps. If your risk is higher than average, there might be things you can do to manage the risk.

结果

The results of a breast cancer risk assessment tell you and your healthcare professional about your risk of breast cancer. The results might state your risk of developing breast cancer in the next five years, next 10 years or in your lifetime. The results can't say for sure whether you'll get breast cancer or won't get breast cancer.

If your healthcare professional feels that you have an increased risk of breast cancer, you might talk about things you can do to manage the risk. These might include:

• Lifestyle changes you can make, such as maintaining a healthy body weight, exercising and limiting how much alcohol you drink.
• Breast cancer screening with mammogram, breast MRI and other tests to find breast cancer early.
• Referral to a genetic counselor or another healthcare professional trained in genetics for testing that looks for DNA changes that may increase the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
• Medicines to lower breast cancer risk.
• Surgery to remove the breasts or the ovaries to lower breast cancer risk.

Talk about your options with your healthcare professional. If your risk of breast cancer is higher than average, consider asking for a referral to a breast health specialist. This healthcare professional helps people understand and manage their risk of breast cancer.

临床试验

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