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Risk-reducing surgery for ovarian cancer: outcomes in 300 surgeries suggest a low peritoneal primary risk.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2009
Evans D Gareth R, Clayton Richard, Donnai Paul, Shenton Andrew, Lalloo Fiona
Abstract excerpt
Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy is currently advocated for the reduction of both breast and ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1/2 carriers, but residual risk of peritoneal primary cancer remains a concern. A sequential series of women attending a single institution for ovarian risk management underwent either risk-reducing surgery or screening. A person-years at risk analysis was used to compare observed versus...
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