Abstract

Background: Women with a family history of breast cancer are assessed in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) using the Family History Risk Assessment Software (FaHRAS, Nottingham, UK) tool, which allows risk stratification of women using the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study (IBIS) risk model. Follow up surveillance of these women is then arranged according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on Familial Breast Cancer. The aim was to assess the compliance of follow-up of patients attending the Family History Breast Clinic at UHL with the corresponding NICE guidelines. To establish the outcomes of patients who were assessed with the FaHRAS risk assessment software.

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