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Dealing with premature menopause in women at high-risk for hereditary genital and breast cancer.
Minerva ginecologica - 1 Oct 2016
Nappi Rossella E, Cassani Chiara, Rossi Margherita, Zanellini Francesca, Spinillo Arsenio
Abstract excerpt
Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy is the mainstay of ovarian cancer prevention in BRCA mutation carriers. However, premature menopause exerts many short and long-term consequences on the individual health that are preventable with a tailored approach. Even though our level of knowledge on BRCA1 and -2 mutation carriers is still in its infancy, the basic principles governing the management of menopausal...
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