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Hormone Replacement Therapy After Oophorectomy and Breast Cancer Risk Among BRCA1 Mutation Carriers.
JAMA oncology - 1 Aug 2018
Kotsopoulos Joanne, Gronwald Jacek, Karlan Beth Y, Huzarski Tomasz, Tung Nadine, Moller Pal, Armel Susan, Lynch Henry T, Senter Leigha, Eisen Andrea, Singer Christian F, Foulkes William D, Jacobson Michelle R, Sun Ping, Lubinski Jan, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
Importance: Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is recommended for BRCA1 mutation carriers to prevent ovarian cancer. Whether or not hormone replacement therapy (HRT) initiated after oophorectomy is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer has not been evaluated in a prospective study. Objective: To determine the association between HRT use and BRCA1-associated breast cancer. Design, Setting,...
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