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Hormone replacement therapy and life expectancy after prophylactic oophorectomy in women with BRCA1/2 mutations: a decision analysis.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 15 Mar 2004
Armstrong Katrina, Schwartz J Sanford, Randall Thomas, Rubin Stephen C, Weber Barbara
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The decision about prophylactic oophorectomy is difficult for many premenopausal women with BRCA1/2 mutations because of concerns and controversy about the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after oophorectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A Markov decision analytic model used the most current epidemiologic data to assess the expected outcomes of prophylactic oophorectomy with or without HRT (to age 50...
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