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Quality of life following prophylactic gynecological surgery: experiences of female Lynch mutation carriers.

Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2018

Etchegary Holly, Dicks Elizabeth, Tamutis Laura, Dawson Lesa

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Lynch syndrome (LS) is a genetic condition conferring an elevated risk of gastrointestinal, gynecologic and other malignancies, often before the age of 50. Current guidelines recommend prophylactic gynecologic surgery to manage inherited cancers for female mutation carriers. Data is lacking on women's quality of life following surgery. In this pilot study, we explored how women described their quality of life...

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PMID: 28551770
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-017-9997-6

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