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Management of women with a hereditary predisposition for breast cancer.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Oct 2016
Jatoi Ismail, Benson John R
Abstract excerpt
Women with a hereditary breast cancer predisposition have three management options: screening, chemoprevention (risk-reducing medication) and risk-reducing surgery. However, no randomized trials have addressed the effect of these strategies in mutation carriers. In the general population, randomized trials failed to demonstrate a benefit for screening in premenopausal women. Moreover, although chemoprevention...
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