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The contralateral prophylactic mastectomy decision-making process.

Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses - 1 Jan 2000

Baker Sandra K, Mayer Deborah K, Esposito Noreen

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Women facing an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis may elect to have a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) to reduce the risk of developing a contralateral breast cancer. In the United States, CPM rates for all surgically treated women with stages I through III unilateral breast cancer increased dramatically from 1998 to 2003. In 1991, the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel concluded that...

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PMID: 23446503
DOI: 10.1097/PSN.0b013e3182842424

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