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Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA mutation carriers: experience with a consecutive series of 111 patients using a standardized surgical-pathological protocol.
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society - 1 Jul 2011
Powell C Bethan, Chen Lee-may, McLennan Jane, Crawford Beth, Zaloudek Charles, Rabban Joseph T, Moore Dan H, Ziegler John
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Women carriers of BRCA mutations often have occult malignancy found at the time of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). We report outcomes in 111 consecutive BRCA-positive women who had RRSO using a rigorous surgical-pathological protocol from 1996 to 2008. METHOD: We...
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