Breast cancer-related preferences among women with and without BRCA mutations.

doi:10.1007/s10549-009-0373-6

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Breast cancer-related preferences among women with and without BRCA mutations.

Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2010

Grann Victor R, Patel Priya, Bharthuar Anubha, Jacobson Judith S, Warner Ellen, Anderson Kristin, Warner Eiran, Tsai Wei-Yann, Hill Kimberly A, Neugut Alfred I, Hershman Dawn

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Preference ratings are used to quantify quality of life in analyses used for health care policy making. Subjects indicated how many years of their life expectancy they would trade to avoid BRCA mutations, breast/ovarian cancer, and five preventive measures including prophylactic surgery, annual mammograms, and annual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Among 243 respondents, both the 83 women with mutations and the...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Breast Neoplasms
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mammography
Medical Oncology
Middle Aged
Mutation
Ovarian Neoplasms

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PMID: 19322653
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0373-6

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