Optimising cancer risk management for women at increased risk of breast cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer (after skin cancer) affecting women and is the second most common cause of cancer-related death for Australian women. Though breast cancer survival has improved in the last three decades, breast cancer incidence continues to rise and the disease now affects 1 in 7 women in their lifetime. In Australia, women are stratified into breast cancer risk categories (high, moderate or low) based on their lifetime risk of breast cancer. This categorisation helps guide a personalised approach to screening and breast cancer prevention with the aim of moving away from a “one size fits all” approach and towards precision prevention and screening based on personal ri..