Session: Screening after surgery

Speakers: Elsie Levin, MD; Robert Burger, MD

This 90-minute concurrent session will focus on the approaches to screening for breast cancer and
primary peritoneal cancer after mastectomy and oophorectomy. Drs. Levin and Burger will present:

• residual risk for breast cancer after mastectomy/reconstruction
• use of MRI to determine silicone implant condition
• ways to detect breast cancer in residual tissue after mastectomy
• follow-up care after mastectomy
• what to do when a lump is found by you or your doctor
• residual risk for primary peritoneal cancer after oophorectomy
• current and emerging options for monitoring for primary peritoneal cancer

This session is appropriate for:

• survivors and previvors with a BRCA mutation or hereditary cancer in the family who have undergone
  mastectomy and/or oophorectomy
• spouses, partners, and significant others of survivors, previvors with a BRCA
  mutation or hereditary cancer in the family
• health care providers who provide care to survivors or previvors
• social workers/mental health care professionals who treat survivors, previvors
  or their spouses or partners
  

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