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Comparison of physicians' and cancer prone women's attitudes about breast/ovarian prophylactic surgery. Results from two national surveys.

Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2001

Eisinger F, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Lasset C, Vennin P, Chabal F, Noguès C, Moatti J P, Sobol H, Julian-Reynier C

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Prophylactic surgery is a major issue for breast/ovarian cancer prone women. Bio-clinical data to help in the decision-making are not sufficient. In this context of uncertainty, physicians' and women's attitudes to prophylactic surgery is information of great value. The physicians' attitudes were assessed by a randomised national sample of practitioners involved in breast and ovarian cancer management. The...

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PMID: 14574172
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021113715998

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