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Impact of Age at Primary Breast Cancer on Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Feb 2016
van den Broek Alexandra J, van 't Veer Laura J, Hooning Maartje J, Cornelissen Sten, Broeks Annegien, Rutgers Emiel J, Smit Vincent T H B M, Cornelisse Cees J, van Beek Mike, Janssen-Heijnen Maryska L, Seynaeve Caroline, Westenend Pieter J, Jobsen Jan J, Siesling Sabine, Tollenaar Rob A E M, van Leeuwen Flora E, Schmidt Marjanka K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine prospectively overall and age-specific estimates of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk for young patients with breast cancer with or without BRCA1/2 mutations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cohort of 6,294 patients with invasive breast cancer diagnosed under 50 years of age and treated between 1970 and 2003 in 10 Dutch centers was tested for the most prevalent BRCA1/2 mutations. We report...
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