Breast reduction surgery and breast cancer risk: does reduction mammaplasty have a role in primary prevention strategies for women at high risk of breast cancer?

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Prophylactic bilateral mastectomy has been demonstrated to reduce breast cancer incidence in women with a high inherited susceptibility to breast cancer. For the majority of high-risk women, however, bilateral prophylactic mastectomy is not an acceptable option for primary prevention of breast cancer. Several epidemiological follow-up studies have indicated that there may be a substantial reduction in breast...

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