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Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Genetic Testing

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women all over the world. With the improvement in the screening protocols and the availability of advanced treatment strategies, there is an increase in the prevalence of breast cancer. Risk assessment in women with breast cancer is important to categorize into average risk and high risk. This is done so as to offer more frequent and advanced screening methods to the high-risk population while simultaneously carrying out the basic screening to the average-risk group. In this chapter we have described the various risk factors acting individually or in combination contributing to the pathogenesis of breast cancer. We have also described the need for genetic testing in the high-risk group and their subsequent counselling.

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Arora, N., Mehta, S. (2019). Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Genetic Testing. In: Mehta, S., Singla, A. (eds) Preventive Oncology for the Gynecologist. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3438-2_29

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