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[Risk-adapted surveillance: focus on familial breast and ovarian cancer].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - 1 Mar 2014
Rhiem K, Schmutzler R K
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer surveillance programs for the general population are not adequate for the small number of women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. Breast cancer screening for women in Germany starts at the age of 50 years, but nearly half of all women with familial risk are already diagnosed with breast cancer at that time. Moreover, mammography alone is not suitable for an early diagnosis of...
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