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Contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy in young breast cancer patients with and without genetic cancer risk assessment.

Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Dec 2008

Mai Phuong L, Lagos Veronica I, Palomares Melanie R, Weitzel Jeffrey N

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BACKGROUND: Decisions regarding contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy (CRRM) among women diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer can potentially be influenced by age at diagnosis and other factors. In this study, we examined the use of CRRM before versus after genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) in women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of women with...

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PMID: 18836779
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0160-3
PMCID: PMC2993252

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