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The development of interval breast malignancies in patients with BRCA mutations.
Cancer - 15 May 2004
Komenaka Ian K, Ditkoff Beth-Ann, Joseph Kathie-Ann, Russo Donna, Gorroochurn Prakash, Ward Marie, Horowitz Elizabeth, El-Tamer Mahmoud B, Schnabel Freya R
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BACKGROUND: At present, there is no consensus regarding how frequently BRCA mutation carriers should be screened for malignancies using breast imaging techniques. An interval malignancy is defined as a malignancy that becomes evident during the period between annual screening mammography scans; the finding of such a malignancy indicates that the malignancy either went undetected by the last breast imaging scan or...
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