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Occult and subsequent cancer incidence following risk-reducing surgery in BRCA mutation carriers.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Nov 2016
Zakhour Mae, Danovitch Yael, Lester Jenny, Rimel B J, Walsh Christine S, Li Andrew J, Karlan Beth Y, Cass Ilana
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OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency and features of occult carcinomas and the incidence of subsequent cancers following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA mutation carriers. METHODS: 257 consecutive women with germline BRCA mutations who underwent RRSO between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2014 were identified in an Institutional Review Board approved study. All patients were asymptomatic with...
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