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TREATED AS A TRAUMA PATIENT.
THE NAME OF THE TEENAGER HAS NOT
YET BEEN RELEASED.
PAUL, THANK YOU.
THIS YEAR ALONE NEARLY 220,000
NEW CASES OF INVASIVE BREAST
CANCER ARE EXPECTED TO BE
DIAGNOSED TO WOMEN IN THE U.S.
AND ON THIS MEDAL ALERT
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY, WE
WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF SERVICES DEDICATED TO
THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF
BREAST CANCER HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
INCLUDING THE BREAST CENTER AT
WEST BOCA, WHERE DOCTORS
CALCULATE A INDIVIDUAL'S RISK OF
BREAST CANCER CALLED A BREAST
CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT.
RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR
CALCULATING YOUR RISK OF
DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER IS
ACTUALLY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
MOST WOMEN HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THEIR LIFETIME RISK IS OF
DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER.
AND ALL WOMEN ARE AT RISK.
BUT SOME WOMEN ARE AT HIGHER
RISK THAN OTHERS.
EXPERTS ALSO ADD THAT A
WOMAN'S BREAST CANCER DENSITY OR
BREAST DENSITY PLAYS A ROLE IN
RISK, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,
FAMILY HISTORY.
THE DOCTOR ASKS HER PATIENTS THE
FOLLOWING: THEIR FAMILY HISTORY
OF BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCERS ON
BOTH THE PATIENT'S MATERNAL AND
PATERNAL SIDES GOING BACK THREE
GENERATIONS.
THAT'S A LOT, WE KNOW, BUT IF
YOU CAN DO IT, IT'S VERY
BENEFICIAL.
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, ONE
POPULATION IS SPECTACULARLY AT
RISK.
AT INCREASED RISK,
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA
WITHIN THE ASKANAZY JEWISH
POPULATION, IN WHICH THE
FREQUENCY OF BEING A MUTATION
CARRIER IS AS HIGH AS 1 IN 40
WOMEN.
THAT MUTATION IS KNOWN AS THE
BRCA ONE AND BRCA TWO MUTATION.
ALSO WE'LL TALK TO ONE A-LIST
HOLD CELEBRITY WHO HAS MADE A