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Common Recommendations from the Cancer Risk Clinic

Increased screening for cancer

Breast cancer screening:
Mammogram and breast MRI

Ovarian cancer screening:
Ultrasound and CA-125 blood test

Discussion of risk-reducing surgery (when appropriate)

Breast cancer:
Mastectomy +/- reconstruction

Ovarian cancer:
Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes (salpingo-oophorectomy)

Uterine cancer:
Removal of the uterus (hysterectomy)