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Breast cancer - managing family history - Management
When should I offer follow up?
- Inform all women concerned about developing breast cancer that their risk may change with age and with changes in their family history.
- Advise women younger than 40 years of age with any of the following to return for referral upon reaching 40 years of age:
- One first-degree relative diagnosed with breast cancer when younger than 40 years of age.
- One first-degree and one second-degree relative diagnosed when older than an average of 50 years of age (to calculate the average age, add the ages of both together and divide by two).
- Two first-degree relatives diagnosed when older than an average of 50 years of age.
- Remind woman older than 50 years of age that they are already eligible for mammographic surveillance.
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