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Prophylactic mastectomy in high risk patients: a practice-based review of the indications. Do we follow guidelines?
Breast disease - 1 Jan 2010
Hoover Derrick J, Paragi Prakash R, Santoro Elissa, Schafer Sarah, Chamberlain Ronald S
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BACKGROUND: recently, the number of prophylactic mastectomies (PM) in the United States has increased due to a better understanding of the genetic and biological behavior of breast cancer. Consensus guidelines regarding indications for PM are published; however, studies evaluating adherence to published guidelines are lacking. The present study analyzed the indications and possible decision-making process leading...
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