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The risk of primary and contralateral breast cancer after ovarian cancer in BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers: Implications for counseling.
Cancer - 1 Mar 2013
Vencken Peggy M L H, Kriege Mieke, Hooning Maartje, Menke-Pluymers Marian B, Heemskerk-Gerritsen Bernadette A M, van Doorn Lena C, Collée Margriet M, Jager Agnes, van Montfort Cees, Burger Curt W, Seynaeve Caroline
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BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of primary breast cancer (PBC) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) in patients who had BRCA1/BRCA2-associated epithelial ovarian cancer (OC). METHODS: From the database of the Rotterdam Family Cancer Clinic, patients who had BRCA-associated OC without a history of unilateral breast cancer (BC) (at risk of PBC; n = 79) or with a history of...
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