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A Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing in UK Women with Ovarian Cancer.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - 1 Apr 2017
Eccleston Anthony, Bentley Anthony, Dyer Matthew, Strydom Ann, Vereecken Wim, George Angela, Rahman Nazneen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 (collectively termed "BRCA") testing in women with epithelial ovarian cancer, and testing for the relevant mutation in first- and second-degree relatives of BRCA mutation-positive individuals, compared with no testing. Female BRCA mutation-positive relatives of patients with ovarian cancer could undergo risk-reducing mastectomy...
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