de Jonge E T M, Vlasselaer J, Van de Putte G, Schobbens J-C
Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2009;1(2):122-9.
Breast cancer risk assessment and communication are much neglected aspects of women's health care. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer-related disease that touches the deepest of a women's feelings and the subject thus attracts much of the attention of the media. Disease prevalence and media coverage are the roots of inappropriate breast cancer risk perception. Many women overestimate their personal breast cancer risk. Inappropriate risk perception precedes inappropriate health behaviour and it is pivotal to understand the underlying mechanisms in order to plan intervention. Whether interventions such as patient education through counselling and objective risk assessment are effective in restoring inappropriate breast cancer risk perception remains a question unanswered, but the tools to measure breast cancer risk are available and were validated.
乳腺癌风险评估与沟通是女性医疗保健中常被忽视的方面。乳腺癌是最常见的癌症相关疾病，它触动着女性内心深处的情感，因此该话题备受媒体关注。疾病的流行程度和媒体报道是导致乳腺癌风险认知不当的根源。许多女性高估了自己患乳腺癌的个人风险。不当的风险认知先于不当的健康行为，了解其潜在机制对于规划干预措施至关重要。诸如通过咨询进行患者教育和客观风险评估等干预措施是否能有效纠正不当的乳腺癌风险认知仍是一个未解之谜，但测量乳腺癌风险的工具已经存在且经过了验证。
