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Breast cancer risk perception among women who have undergone prophylactic bilateral mastectomy.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 16 Oct 2002

Metcalfe Kelly A, Narod Steven A

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BACKGROUND: Prophylactic bilateral mastectomy is a preventive option for women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer. We compared the perceptions of breast cancer risk among women who had previously undergone prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with objective estimates of their breast cancer risk. METHODS: We asked 75 women in the Canadian province of Ontario who had undergone prophylactic bilateral...

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PMID: 12381709
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/94.20.1564

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