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The risk of ovarian cancer after breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Jan 2005
Metcalfe Kelly A, Lynch Henry T, Ghadirian Parviz, Tung Nadine, Olivotto Ivo A, Foulkes William D, Warner Ellen, Olopade Olufunmilayo, Eisen Andrea, Weber Barbara, McLennan Jane, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of ovarian cancer after a primary diagnosis of breast cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and to identify host and treatment-related factors that might modify the risk. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were 491 women with stage I or stage II breast cancer, diagnosed from 1975 to 2000 and for whom a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation had been identified. Patients were followed from...
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