Breast Cancer Prevention Clinic
Genetic Counseling and Testing
Breast Cancer Prevention Clinic
What does a prevention visit involve?
Most women will have a preventive consultation prior to participating in the fine needle aspiration study or a clinical trial. As a part of your consultation visit, you will meet with Dr. Victoria Seewaldt and other team members. As a new patient, we will ask you to complete a personal health history and risk questionnaire and a detailed family history form.
Your prevention clinic visit may include:
- Clinical breast exam
- Personal risk assessment
- Answers to your questions about: screening options and frequency of follow-up care, use of hormone replacement therapy and alternatives, preventive surgery, chemopreventive drugs (tamoxifen, for example)
- Genetic testing/counseling
- Screening mammogram
Follow-up prevention consultations
For a woman already in the program who wishes to have a follow-up clinic appointment, we provide the following services, which are billed to you or your insurance company:
- Yearly mammograms and clinical breast exams
- Evaluation of breast problems
- Discussion of abnormal results from a biopsy, mammogram or other breast radiology test, or atypical results from a fine needle aspiration
- Discussion of change in hormone status and hormone replacement therapy or other options for management of menopausal symptoms
- Discussion of preventive options
- Discussion of family history and genetic testing when applicable
