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Risk of ipsilateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 May 2011
Metcalfe Kelly, Lynch Henry T, Ghadirian Parviz, Tung Nadine, Kim-Sing Charmaine, Olopade Olufunmilayo I, Domchek Susan, Eisen Andrea, Foulkes William D, Rosen Barry, Vesprini Danny, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have an elevated risk of breast cancer and of contralateral breast cancer. In this study, we estimate the risk of non-synchronous ipsilateral breast cancer after a diagnosis of breast cancer in BRCA carriers and evaluate the effects of various treatments on this risk. Patients were 396 women with stage I or stage II breast cancer with an intact ipsilateral breast and for whom...
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