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Risk-reduction surgery in BRCA mutation carriers in a Spanish population: adherence and results.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Oct 2008
Pérez Segura Pedro, Jiménez Paula, Olivera Helena, Andrés Conejero Raquel, Caldés Trinidad, de la Hoya Miguel, Román Jose María, Moreno Arancha, Puente Javier, Díaz-Rubio Eduardo
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OBJECTIVE: To analyse the level of adherence to prophylactic surgery of breast and/or ovarian cancer in female carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation in a referential genetic counselling unit in Spain. METHODS: Between January 1998 and November 2006, a total of 684 families with several cases of...
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