2002
DOI: 10.1188/02.onf.e77-e84
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Addressing the Support Needs of Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: Evidence-Based Care by Advanced Practice Nurses

Abstract: A previsit questionnaire facilitates individualized proactive planning before the visit. However, further assessment of self-care practices and emotional needs is required. Interventions should evaluate outcomes, such as accurate risk perception, lifestyle changes, screening follow-through, and decision quality. Advanced practice nurses require specialized skills, including evidence-based risk communication, behavior modification, and decision support.

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“…Those at a higher risk often need primary or secondary prevention, including strategies that reduce the development of this disease (10)(11) .…”
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“…Those at a higher risk often need primary or secondary prevention, including strategies that reduce the development of this disease (10)(11) .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The first important result of the analysis was the presence of low self-esteem and psychosocial factors manifested by women with neoplasia, which not only threaten their health, but also put at risk their body image and sexuality (11) . Breasts symbolize femininity.…”
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“…Women were selected to the High-Risk Breast Assessment Clinic if they met any one of the absolute criteria:(a) family history of breast or ovarian cancer in two or more first -or second-degree relatives, (b) breast cancer occurring in one first or second-degree relative when bilateral or premenopausal was at onset, (c) atypical hyperplasia, (d) lobular carcinoma in situ, or (e) a positive genetic screen (Stacey et al, 2002). It was expressed that women at high risk with family history of breast cancer experienced fear, anxiety, anger, uncertainty, hopelessness Thomson, 1996: 2003;Gross, 2000;Kristjanson et al, 2004;Cohen, 2006).…”
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