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[The effect of prophylactic mastectomy with recontruction on quality of life in BRCA positive women].

Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2012

Spurná Z, Dražan L, Foretová L, Dvorská L

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UNLABELLED: It is presumed that bilateral mastectomy is so far the most efficient way how to prevent development of breast carcinoma among BRCA positive patients. This mutilating intervention might be unacceptable for cosmetic reasons for most women. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of prophylactic mastectomy on the quality of life of BRCA positive patients by comparing results of...

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