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Breast cancer risk after bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy in BRCA1 mutation carriers.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Sept 1999
Rebbeck T R, Levin A M, Eisen A, Snyder C, Watson P, Cannon-Albright L, Isaacs C, Olopade O, Garber J E, Godwin A K, Daly M B, Narod S A, Neuhausen S L, Lynch H T, Weber B L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The availability of genetic testing for inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene provides potentially valuable information to women at high risk of breast or ovarian cancer; however, carriers of BRCA1 mutations have few clinical management options to reduce their cancer risk. Decreases i...
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