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Low prevalence of (pre) malignant lesions in the breast and high prevalence in the ovary and Fallopian tube in women at hereditary high risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
International journal of cancer - 15 Sept 2006
Hermsen Brenda B J, van Diest Paul J, Berkhof Johannes, Menko Fred H, Gille Johan J P, Piek Jurgen M J, Meijer Sybren, Winters Henri A H, Kenemans Peter, Mensdorff-Pouilly Silvia von, Verheijen René H M
Abstract excerpt
To analyse the prevalence of (pre) malignant lesions occurring in breast and adnexal tissue at prophylactic surgery in women at hereditary high risk of breast and/or ovarian cancers. Tissue was obtained from 85 women who underwent prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (pBSO) and from 59 wo...
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