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Uptake of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy among female BRCA mutation carriers: experience at the National Cancer Center of Korea.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 2016
Kim Se Ik, Lim Myong Cheol, Lee Dong Ock, Kong Sun-Young, Seo Sang-Soo, Kang Sokbom, Lee Eun Sook, Park Sang-Yoon
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the uptake rate of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) and the factors affecting this rate among female BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers at the National Cancer Center of Korea. METHODS: Between April 2007 and December 2014, 450 women underwent BRCA gene testing, and 97 women were found to have BRCA1/2 mutations. Through the review of medical records, 42...
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