Based on studies that show benefits of estrogen and androgen blockers in reducing breast cancer risk in high-risk women, the United States Preventative Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians offer risk-reducing medications to women at increased risk for breast cancer; however, they recommend against routine use of these medications in average-risk women. Hormone receptor …
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ICARE Newsletter Summer 2016
What Are the Endometrial Cancer Risks Among BRCA Carriers?
ICARE Newsletter Summer 2016
What Are the Endometrial Cancer Risks Among BRCA Carriers?
Although BRCA mutations confer increased risk for ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer, there have been limited and conflicting risks reported for endometrial cancer. Consequently, current practice guidelines only recommend the removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries as a risk-reducing option for BRCA carriers.1 Specifically, through a prospective study of 4500 women with …
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ICARE Newsletter Winter 2015
Ask the Expert
ICARE Newsletter Winter 2015
Ask the Expert
The following question was addressed to Dr. Steven Narod who is a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Breast Cancer and a senior scientist at Women’s College Research Institute in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Narod is a world-leader in the field of breast and ovarian cancer genetics. Over the course of his career, he has profoundly shaped …
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ICARE Newsletter Winter 2014
Tamoxifen May Reduce Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA Carriers
ICARE Newsletter Winter 2014
Tamoxifen May Reduce Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA Carriers
There have been suggestions that Tamoxifen may reduce risks for contralateral breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer in the other breast) in BRCA carriers if taken after the initial breast cancer diagnosis, based mainly on retrospective studies. Only one prospective study has looked at this question, and showed that Tamoxifen may be useful in BRCA2, but …
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