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Prophylactic Use Of Metformin To Decrease The Incidence Of Breast Cancer In High Risk, Predisposed Women, Aly Dahl
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
• Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in American women and is the second leading cause of mortality.
• In 2015, 234,190 new diagnoses were made and 40,730 deaths from breast cancer.
• Along with a thorough history from the patient, there are also several risk assessment models that should be utilized, such as the common Gail-2 model.
• Any women with a significant family history should also be educated on genetic counseling and/or testing to detect a BRCA1 or 2 mutation.
• Numerous individuals who are positive for this gene elect to undergo prophylactic …