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For women at high risk of recurrence of breast cancer it is very important for them to have a very solid understanding of what that risk is. What is their approximate quantitative risk of recurrence of breast cancer? Because that really helps them understand why we are asking them to take treatment that does have toxicity – chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapies – for their early-stage breast cancer in addition, of course, to loco-regional treatment. But it is very important then in the context of what the benefits are from the therapies for them to understand the risks. And then, together to work to make sure that they can tolerate the therapies and get the best possible outcome.