Breast Cancer

Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Starts Advanced Breast-Cancer Risk-Assessment Program

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

Elizabeth Krause is a perfectly healthy 40-year-old woman. So it's surprising to learn she has oncologists, breast surgeons, radiologists and nurse practitioners watching over her like an army of cancer-killers, ready to pounce at the first sign of breast cancer.

But a new Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Service at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas identified Elizabeth at "high risk" because she carries a mutation of the BRCA gene, which predisposes her to the disease.

"So many doctors' appointments remind me of the thing that frightens me most," she said, "but so many doctors' appointments might just keep that thing -- breast cancer -- at bay forever....

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-30)

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