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Impact of oophorectomy on cancer incidence and mortality in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 May 2014
Finch Amy P M, Lubinski Jan, Møller Pål, Singer Christian F, Karlan Beth, Senter Leigha, Rosen Barry, Maehle Lovise, Ghadirian Parviz, Cybulski Cezary, Huzarski Tomasz, Eisen Andrea, Foulkes William D, Kim-Sing Charmaine, Ainsworth Peter, Tung Nadine, Lynch Henry T, Neuhausen Susan, Metcalfe Kelly A, Thompson Islay, Murphy Joan, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to estimate the reduction in risk of ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation after oophorectomy, by age of oophorectomy; to estimate the impact of prophylactic oophorectomy on all-cause mortality; and to estimate 5-year survival associated with clinically detected ovarian, occult, and peritoneal cancers diagnosed in the cohort....
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