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Weight gain after oophorectomy among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
Women's health (London, England) - 1 Jul 2015
Kotsopoulos Joanne, Lubinski Jan, Neuhausen Susan L, Gronwald Jacek, Lynch Henry T, Huzarski Tomasz, Demsky Rochelle, Foulkes William D, Senter Leigha, Friedman Susan, Ainsworth Peter, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To measure weight gain among unaffected women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation after undergoing an oophorectomy. PATIENTS & METHODS: We compared the bodyweight of women with (n = 405) and without an oophorectomy (n = 741) at baseline as well as the rate of weight change prior to and following surgery among 1454 BRCA mutation carriers who had an oophorectomy. RESULTS: There was a small and non-significant...
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