A number of breast lesions that are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and/or represent true precursors of breast tumours are increasingly detected in population screening programmes. At present, the clinicopathological and molecular characteristics that defined the risk of breast cancer in women with these lesions are unknown; nevertheless, management strategies ranging from active surveillance to surgery with adjuvant radiotherapy and endocrine therapy can be planned based on the risk of breast cancer at the population level. Herein, the contemporary approaches to the diagnosis and management of high-risk breast lesions are comprehensively reviewed.
- Monica Morrow
- Stuart J. Schnitt
- Larry Norton
