Breast Cancer: Prevention & Screening
Breast Cancer
Prevention & Screening
Understanding the choices around mammograms is important in making decisions about how and when you should be screened for breast cancer.
Prevention & Screening: Understanding Your Risk
Explaining Mammograms
Genetic testing can be used to determine if there was a hereditary cause of your cancer. The need for genetic testing depends on your unique situation.
Genetic Testing
Genetic testing can be used to determine if there was a hereditary cause of your cancer. The need for genetic testing depends on your unique situation.
About ten percent of breast cancers are hereditary, says Dr. Ophira Ginsburg, Director of the High-Risk Cancer Program at NYU Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center. What this means is any genetic testing offered to the average woman will likely come back negative. That's why she recommends screening usually only for women who have a family history of rare cancers, or family members with breast or ova... Read More