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Decisions and ethical issues among BRCA carriers and the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
Minerva medica - 1 Oct 2009
Quinn G P, Vadaparampil S T, Bower B, Friedman S, Keefe D L
Abstract excerpt
The lifetime risks for both breast and ovarian cancer for BRCA mutation carriers far exceeds the general population risk of 13% for breast cancer and 1.4% for ovarian cancer. BRCA carriers have unique and medically complicated decisions to make regarding their cancer treatment or risk reduction. As BRCA testing becomes increasingly common among unaffected individuals in families with a previously documented BRCA...
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