“In my practice, the majority of mutation carriers choose mastectomy; however, for those without cancer, they have much more control over the timing. For younger women, we might wait until they have found a life partner, or until after childbearing. Older women who find out they carry a mutation have unwittingly escaped a large percentage of their risk, and therefore, the calculated future risk is not necessarily a daunting number.” MightFoundWaitingNumbersPracticeRiskMajorityCancerPartnersTimingPercentagesCarrierMutationOlder WomenLife PartnerChildbearingMastectomy Author:Kristi Funk
“Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual mammography and whole breast screening ultrasound, annual breast MRI, and biannual clinical breast exam.” SelfWholeRiskCombinationBreastsSurveillanceReductionAnnualsExamScreeningClinicalsHigh RiskMriMastectomyUltrasounds Author:Kristi Funk
