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Understanding the needs of women considering risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
Cancer nursing - 1 Jan 2000
Cherry Carol, Ropka Mary, Lyle Jennifer, Napolitano Laura, Daly Mary B
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BACKGROUND: Because of the significantly increased lifetime risk of ovarian cancer associated with inheritance of a germline mutation in the BRCA1/2 genes, women with a deleterious mutation are recommended to undergo risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy at age 35 years or once child-bearing is complete. Significant time is often spent by nurses trained in genetics providing counseling to improve the...
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