This essential little book provides on-the-spot clinical guidelines for assessing and advising patients on their risk of breast cancer, therapeutic options, and other issues of critical importance to women concerned about their breast health. In highly-condensed, outline format, the Handbook provides extensive, authoritative, and current recommendations on such critical issues as hormone replacement therapy, chemoprevention, lifestyle factors, genetic counseling, imaging of high-risk patients, economic factors, and much more. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Breast Cancer Chapter 2: Lifestyle Factors and Breast Cancer Risk Chapter 3: Genetics of Breast Cancer Chapter 4: Development of a Risk Assessment Clinic Chapter 5: Breast Imaging Chapter 6: Ductal Lavage Chapter 7: Chemoprevention Chapter 8: Hormone Replacement Therapy Chapter 9: Prophylactic Mastectomy Chapter 10: Counseling about Risk Management Chapter 11: Counseling about the Genetics of Breast Cancer Chapter 12: Psychological Management of Women at Increased Risk Chapter 13: Cost Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Risk Management Index