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Support of the 'fallopian tube hypothesis' in a prospective series of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy specimens.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jan 2013
Reitsma Welmoed, de Bock Geertruida H, Oosterwijk Jan C, Bart Joost, Hollema Harry, Mourits Marian J E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, localisation and type of occult (non)invasive cancer in risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) specimens in BRCA-mutation carriers and high-risk women from BRCA-negative families. METHODS: A consecutive series of RRSO specimens of asymptomatic, screen-negative high-risk women were prospectively collected in our tertiary multidisciplinary cancer clinic from January 2000...
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