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Webinar - Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer Based on Family History: Calculating Lifetime Risk and Ordering Screening MRI Based on Current U.S. Guidelines.

  • 17 May 2017
  • 4:00 PM
  • 15 May 2020
  • 5:00 PM
  • Webinar

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Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer Based on Family History:
Calculating Lifetime Risk and Ordering Screening MRI Based on CurrentU.S. Guidelines


Presented by
Deborah O. Himes
PhD, APRN-BC, ANP

 
Presented by
Amanda Gammon
MS, CGC

Description
Several organizations recommend healthcare providers offer annual breast MRI to women with lifetime risk for breast cancer above 20%.  In this webinar, Deborah O. Himes and Amanda Gammon will review U.S. breast cancer screening guidelines and risk assessment models. The presenters will provide step-by-step instructions for calculating lifetime risk using the Tyrer-Cuzic model. Additionally, they will present a clinical decision making model to help assess which should  be referred for additional risk assessment and/or referral for genetic counseling.

Who Should Attend?
This presentation is intended for primary healthcare providers including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians who care for women who may be at increased risk for breast cancer.

Objectives
  1. During this presentation attendees will learn to calculate lifetime risk for breast cancer using the Tyrer-Cuzick model.
  2. After this presentation, attendees will be able to explain differences in risk for breast cancer among women in differing risk categories (population, familial, hereditary) and screening guidelines based on risk category (mammography and breast MRI).
  3. After this presentation attendee will be able to describe three different models used for calculating lifetime risk for breast cancer.
  4.  Following this presentation attendees will understand how to select patients for in-depth risk assessment and/or referral for genetic counseling related to breast cancer risk. 

Presenters
Deborah O. Himes, PhD, APRN-BC, ANP 
Asssitant Proffessor
Brigham Young University
College of Nursing
Provo, Utah USA

Amanda Gammon, MS, CGC
Assistant Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
Licensed Genetic Counselor
Family Cancer Assessment Clinic
Provo, Utah USA

Cost
$10.00 for ISONG Members and Students
$15.00 for Non-Members

Contact Hours
ISONG and the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing are collaborating to provide this learning activity. Nurse participants completing the activity and the evaluation tool will receive one (1) continuing nursing education contact hour.  The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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