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A Multigene Test Could Cost-Effectively Help Extend Life Expectancy for Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast Cancer.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - 1 Apr 2017
Li Yonghong, Arellano Andre R, Bare Lance A, Bender Richard A, Strom Charles M, Devlin James J
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BACKGROUND: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends that women who carry gene variants that confer substantial risk for breast cancer consider risk-reduction strategies, that is, enhanced surveillance (breast magnetic resonance imaging and mammography) or prophylactic surgery. Pathogenic variants can be detected in women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer syndromes by multigene panel...
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