1. Systemic and Local Strategies for Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer.
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Zaluzec, Erin K. and Sempere, Lorenzo F.
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BRCA genes , *CARCINOGENESIS , *TRANSDERMAL medication , *DRUG administration , *EPITHELIAL cells , *MASTECTOMY ,BREAST tumor prevention - Abstract
Simple Summary: Current interventions for breast–cancer prevention are associated with adverse side effects that frequently deter women from selecting these evidence-based risk-reducing procedures. In addition, modifiable lifestyle changes can improve breast cancer risk but can be challenging in execution. Therefore, women who are considered high risk due to non-modifiable factors, such as BRCA1/2 mutations or a strong family history of breast cancer, are in need of alternative prevention procedures. Here, we review investigational preclinical and clinical approaches at a systemic and local level that focus on non-modifiable breast cancer risk-reducing interventions. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in the US. For women with moderate (15–20%) to average (12.5%) risk of breast cancer, there are few options available for risk reduction. For high-risk (>20%) women, such as BRCA mutation carriers, primary prevention strategies are limited to evidence-based surgical removal of breasts and/or ovaries and anti-estrogen treatment. Despite their effectiveness in risk reduction, not many high-risk individuals opt for surgical or hormonal interventions due to severe side effects and potentially life-changing outcomes as key deterrents. Thus, better communication about the benefits of existing strategies and the development of new strategies with minimal side effects are needed to offer women adequate risk-reducing interventions. We extensively review and discuss innovative investigational strategies for primary prevention. Most of these investigational strategies are at the pre-clinical stage, but some are already being evaluated in clinical trials and others are expected to lead to first-in-human clinical trials within 5 years. Likely, these strategies would be initially tested in high-risk individuals but may be applicable to lower-risk women, if shown to decrease risk at a similar rate to existing strategies, but with minimal side effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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