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Surgical management of breast cancer in BRCA-mutation carriers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2014
Valachis Antonis, Nearchou Andreas D, Lind Pehr
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This meta-analysis investigates the oncological safety of breast-conserving therapy BCT in BRCA-mutation carriers and the risk for contralateral breast cancer (CBC) compared with non-carriers, potential risk factors for ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) or CBC and grades these factors based on the level of evidence. A PubMed search was conducted through April 2013 to identify studies that described the risk for...
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