Overview of breast cancer prevention:what's the next?-中华乳腺病杂志（电子版）

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作者:: Louis;Wing;Cheong;Chow; ;Wings;Tjing;Yung;Loo; ;Adrian;Yun;San;Yip; Organisation for Oncology and Translational Research, Hong Kong (Louis Wing Cheong Chow, Wings Tjing Yung Loo, Adrian Yun San Yip ); UNIMED Medical Institute, Comprehensive Centre for Breast Diseases, Hong Kong (Louis Wing Cheong Chow, Wings Tjing Yung Lo

摘要:: Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women at the ages of 20 -59 years[1] . The incidence of breast cancer in Asia is also shown to be increasing recently, especially in the more affluent cities, and the peak incidence of breast cancer is at the age of 45-50 years[2] . Breast cancer prevention has started from secondary prevention strategy of early detection of the disease with different modalities in Asia[3-5] despite the absence of unified nationwide screening program. There are a lot of discussion about the benefits and harms of breast cancer screening[6-8] and still a lot of controversial issues such as stratification of breast cancer risk, choice of screening modalities, ways of information dissemination, different culturo-religious beliefs, and various levels of medical resources, especially in Asia, remain unresolved. In no doubt, a cost-effective prevention method should be more widely accepted.