 My name is Dr. Tara Belige. I'm a breast surgeon here at Hackensack. So the breast care program, it stands for breast cancer assessment and risk evaluation. So basically it's a high-risk program. We enroll women who do not have cancer but who are at risk for developing cancer over their lifetime. So this includes women who have a diagnosis of atypical hyperplasia or LCIS on breast biopsies. Women who have a strong family history of breast cancer, especially if it was in a mother or a sister and especially if they were pre-menopausal at the time of their diagnosis. If a woman has a family history of breast cancer that spans different generations that also puts her at increased risk. Or if she was already diagnosed with a pathogenic gene mutation such as the BRCA 1 or 2 gene. And also if the patient had a history of Hodgkin's lymphoma and had chest radiation before the age of 30 that actually also increases the risk of breast cancer. So the importance of the breast care program is that for a woman who is at an increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer that they can actually have a tailored active observation plan. So that can include a clinical breast exam twice a year, breast imaging as appropriate which would be mammography or breast ultrasound or breast MRI. Some women are eligible to take medications that can reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. Other women are actually eligible for doing surgery to reduce their breast cancer risk especially if they have a BRCA 1 or 2 mutation. But basically all of the tailored management plan is aimed to reduce the level of anxiety that a patient may have around their potential diagnosis and to detect breast cancer in its early stages before it can go on to a more aggressive form of cancer. If a patient is interested in enrolling in the care program they can call 551-996-8778 to speak to our staff.