Article
Breast and ovarian cancer risk management in a French cohort of 158 women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutation: patient choices and outcome.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2012
This Pascale, de la Rochefordière Anne, Savignoni Alexia, Falcou Marie Christine, Tardivon Anne, Thibault Fabienne, Alran Séverine, Fourchotte Virgine, Fitoussi Alfred, Couturaud Benoit, Dolbeault Sylvie, Salmon Remy J, Sigal-Zafrani Brigitte, Asselain Bernard, Stoppa-Lyonnet Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Description of the various modalities of breast and ovarian cancer risk management, patient choices and their outcome in a single-center cohort of 158 unaffected women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutation. Between 1998 and 2009, 158 unaffected women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation were prospectively followed. The following variables were studied: general and gynecological characteristics, data...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- BRCA1 Protein
- BRCA2 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- France
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease