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Predictors of prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy compared with gynecologic screening use in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Jan 2007
Madalinska Joanna B, van Beurden Marc, Bleiker Eveline M A, Valdimarsdottir Heiddis B, Lubsen-Brandsma Lottie, Massuger Leon F, Mourits Marian J E, Gaarenstroom Katja N, van Dorst Eleonora B L, van der Putten Hans, Boonstra Henk, Aaronson Neil K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations who have completed their childbearing are strong candidates for risk-reducing prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (PBSO). The aim of the current study was to identify baseline predictors of PBSO versus gynecologic screening (GS) in this group of high-risk women. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Baseline questionnaires were available from 160 BRCA1/2 carriers who...
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