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Risk-reducing surgery, screening and chemoprevention practices of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a prospective cohort study.
Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2006
Phillips K-A, Jenkins M A, Lindeman G J, McLachlan S A, McKinley J M, Weideman P C, Hopper J L, Friedlander M L
Abstract excerpt
This study prospectively evaluated the utilization of cancer risk management strategies in a multi-institutional cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers using a self-report questionnaire. Of 142 unaffected female mutation carriers, 70 (49%) had elected to receive their mutation result. Of those who knew their mutation result, 11% underwent bilateral mastectomy (BM), 29% had bilateral oophorectomy (BO), 78%...
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