Re: Gyn: Breast Cancer Risk Programs

From: Larry Glazerman (l.glazerman@rcn.com)
Fri Apr 11 18:38:14 2008


I use the Myriad website. I will consider BRCA testing in these patients also.

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Larry R. Glazerman, MD
St. Luke's Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
Glazerl@slhn.org

On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:20 PM, garrys@mindspring.com (Garry E. Siegel, M.D.) wrote:

> Are any of you using BRCAPRO or other programs to assess cumulative > risk? > > The Gail model is easy. . . > > The BRCAPRO model, mentioned in the article from 3/07 in CANCER that > made MRI appropriate for certain people, is a freebie but not too easy > for me to use (maybe I can't find the instructions). It is making a > pedigree, and time consuming. It is also possible, if not likely, > that > I need advanced help and that the program is simple :). > > So, when I see a patient who is 71 with two daughters with invasive > breast cancer, both at age 40, and the patient is an Ashkenazi Jew, > she > certainly is at significant risk and may warrant MRI or maybe > Tamoxifen. > > How do you assess someone like this? > > Garry > > -- > Garry E. Siegel, M.D. > Private Practice > Roswell, GA





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