title: Patient selection for prophylactic mastectomy: who is at high risk?
abstract: Patient selection for prophylactic mastectomy should be based on an individual assessment of risk factors. These should be correlated with the patient's age, the difficulty of clinical examination, and, in the case of a previous breast cancer, its prognosis. Only then can the patient and her surgeon make an intelligent decision regarding management.
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000517:prevention & control; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008408:Mastectomy; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk