Open AccessBreast Cancer Prevention: Can Women's Expectations Be Met?
Author(s) -
Ponzone Riccardo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0169
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer prevention , cancer , preventive healthcare , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , gerontology , intensive care medicine , public health , nursing
These important insights provide convincing evidence that cancer preventive measures might have only modest effects. Therefore, although healthful behaviors must be encouraged by the medical community, the efforts of cancer specialists should focus more on improving the length and quality of life of patients through therapeutic advances.