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Risk of breast cancer after a diagnosis of ovarian cancer in BRCA mutation carriers: Is preventive mastectomy warranted?
Gynecologic oncology - 1 May 2017
McGee Jacob, Giannakeas Vasily, Karlan Beth, Lubinski Jan, Gronwald Jacek, Rosen Barry, McLaughlin John, Risch Harvey, Sun Ping, Foulkes William D, Neuhausen Susan L, Kotsopoulos Joanne, Narod Steven A
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OBJECTIVE: Preventive breast surgery and MRI screening are offered to unaffected BRCA mutation carriers. The clinical benefit of these two modalities has not been evaluated among mutation carriers with a history of ovarian cancer. Thus, we sought to determine whether or not BRCA mutation carriers with ovarian cancer would benefit from preventive mastectomy or from MRI screening. METHODS: First, the annual...
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