An Empirical Analysis of Precision Previvorship: Are Familial and High-Risk Cancer Preventive Programs Evidence-Based?

Over the last decade, some academic medical centers have launched new cancer screening or preventive programs, often appealing to individuals with family history or known elevated genetic risk. Preventive and screening services are offered for a breadth of tumor types, including pancreatic, hematologic, breast, and lung cancers. Standard services available are cancer prevention counseling, prophylactic surgery, personalized genomic risk profiling, removal of precancerous growths, ongoing surveillance, access to clinical trials, and exercise and nutrition plans.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Advancing High Value Health Care Source Type: research