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Short-term surgical outcome and safety of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Maturitas - 1 Jul 2010
Kenkhuis M J A, de Bock G H, Elferink P Oude, Arts H J G, Oosterwijk J C, Jansen L, Mourits M J E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Women with a BRCA1/2 mutation or members of a hereditary breast ovarian cancer family (HBOC) have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. The only effective strategy to reduce this risk is a risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term surgical outcome and safety of a RRSO. PATIENT AND METHODS: Included were all consecutive women with a...
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