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Hormone therapy after risk-reducing surgery in patients with BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation: evaluation of potential benefits and safety.
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Aug 2020
Silva Filho Agnaldo Lopes da, Carvalho Gabriella Martins, Sena Larissa Cristelli de, Gomes Lívia Passini Guimarães, Valério Marcos Flávio Habib, Martins Raíssa Isabelle Leão, Cândido Eduardo Batista
Abstract excerpt
Women with mutations in the BRCA 1 and 2 genes are at increased risk for ovarian and breast cancer and therefore candidates for risk-reducing surgery, including salpingo-oophorectomy and mastectomy. Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is considered the most effective prophylactic measure for ovarian cancer prevention in this group of patients. This procedure involves loss of ovarian function and induced...
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