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Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 mutation carriers and postoperative incidence of peritoneal and breast cancers.
Journal of ovarian research - 29 Feb 2016
Menkiszak Janusz, Chudecka-Głaz Anita, Gronwald Jacek, Cymbaluk-Płoska Aneta, Celewicz Aleksander, Świniarska Maria, Wężowska Małgorzata, Bedner Ryszard, Zielińska Dorota, Tarnowska Paulina, Jakubowicz Jerzy, Kojs Zbigniew
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are no effective methods of diagnosis of early-stage ovarian cancer. Conservative care over patients at high risk of ovarian and breast cancers is ineffective. Prophylactic surgery is considered the best prophylaxis among BRCA1/BRCA2 carriers. METHODS: One hundred ninety-five patients, carriers of one of three most common mutations of the BRCA1 gene (Am J Hum Genet: 66: (6)1963-1968, 2000) in...
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