Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer surveillance is unfortunately inadequate at early detection, but birth control pills reduce ovarian cancer incidence up to 60%. — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual mammography and whole breast screening ultrasound, annual breast MRI, and biannual clinical breast exam. — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer surveillance is… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
In my practice, the majority of mutation carriers choose mastectomy; however, for those without cancer, they have much more control over the timing. For younger women, we might wait until they have found a life partner, or until after childbearing. Older women who find out they carry a mutation have unwittingly escaped a large percentage of their risk, and therefore,… — Kristi Funk Copy Share
Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual mammography and whole… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of narcotic addiction… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
The most surprising fact that people do not know about breast cancer is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
Our goal is to increase awareness about non-narcotic pain control options available before, during, and after surgical procedures that are so effective that needing… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer. — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
Nearly every BRCA mutation carrier's main concern is how to avoid the fate of relatives who have had, and possibly died from, breast or… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
It is absolutely a good thing that she [Angelina Jolie] helped to educate the world about the existence of this mutation; hopefully, as a… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
The Angelina Effect refers to the fact that a powerful, beautiful, well-respected and world-renowned woman unabashedly revealed private medical details about a gene mutation… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
![“It is absolutely a good thing that she [Angelina Jolie] helped to educate the world about the existence of this mutation; hopefully, as a result, more compassionate understanding exists regarding the choices BRCA carriers must face.” quote by Kristi Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/183/kristi-funk-42799_carrier_it-is-absolutely-a-good-thing-that-she-a_2774670.jpg)
