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Breast cancer risk after salpingo-oophorectomy in healthy BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: revisiting the evidence for risk reduction.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 May 2015
Heemskerk-Gerritsen B A M, Seynaeve C, van Asperen C J, Ausems M G E M, Collée J M, van Doorn H C, Gomez Garcia E B, Kets C M, van Leeuwen F E, Meijers-Heijboer H E J, Mourits M J E, van Os T A M, Vasen H F A, Verhoef S, Rookus M A, Hooning M J
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported a breast cancer (BC) risk reduction of approximately 50% after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, but may have been subject to several types of bias. The purpose of this nationwide cohort study was to assess potential bias in the estimated BC risk reduction after RRSO. METHODS: We selected BRCA1/2 mutation carriers from an ongoing...
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