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Surgical prophylaxis for inheritable malignant diseases: breast cancer and endocrine disease.

The American surgeon - 1 Jul 2009

Benns Matthew V, Luk Tammy, Scoggins Charles R

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Despite advances in modern medicine, cancer remains all too common and deadly. At its core, cancer is a disease of our DNA. As such, many cancers are passed from parents to children, making cancer one of the most commonly inherited diseases. Presently, we have no meaningful methods of "preventing" the malignant transformation that occurs as a result of an inherited gene, but investigators have identified several...

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