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Baseline and post prophylactic tubal-ovarian surgery CA125 levels in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Familial cancer - 1 Jun 2014
Chen Ying, Bancroft Elizabeth, Ashley Sue, Arden-Jones Audrey, Thomas Sarah, Shanley Susan, Saya Sibel, Wakeling Emma, Eeles Rosalind
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The aim of this study was to determine whether BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have different baseline CA125 levels compared with non-carriers, and whether a significant difference in pre- and post-operative CA125 levels exists in BRCA mutation carriers undergoing risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO). The study also considered whether CA125 measurements should continue in unaffected BRCA...
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