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[Surgical prevention of breast carcinoma in patients with hereditary risk].
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2012
Dražan L, Veselý J, Hýža P, Kubek T, Foretová L, Coufal O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Women with BRCA1 gene mutation have 85% risk of breast cancer; the risk for BRCA2 carriers is 45%. The aim of the study was to verify if prophylactic mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction can prevent breast cancer in BRCA positive patients. MATERIAL: There were 100 BRCA positive women in which prophylactic mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, 75 dieps, 25 with implants, performed in...
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