title: Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Early Detection: Challenges for the Advanced Practice Nurse.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review research and evidence-based resources on risk assessment, prevention, and early detection and its application in clinical nursing practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Journal articles, texts, and personal cancer prevention and early detection clinical program experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are multiple roles and clinical settings for advance practice nurses to implement cancer risk assessment and promote the prevention and early detection of cancer for patients and their families.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Every patient deserves cancer risk assessment and clear recommendations for the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of cancer as appropriate.
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahon
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States
keywords: APN; Cancer prevention; advanced practice nurse; cancer survivors; early detection; risk assessment; tertiary prevention