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Effect of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy on the quality of life in Korean BRCA mutation carriers.
Asian journal of surgery - 1 Aug 2021
Chae Sumin, Kim Eun-Kyu, Jang Ye Rang, Lee Angela Soeun, Kim Seul Ki, Suh Dong Hoon, Kim Kidong, No Jae Hong, Kim Yong-Beom, Kim Sung-Won, Kang Eunyoung
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare the quality of life (QOL), psychosocial status, sexual function, and menopausal symptoms between the risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) and non-RRSO groups comprising BRCA mutation carriers and to evaluate the effect of timing of RRSO on those aspects. METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited BRCA mutation carriers aged ≥35 years between September 2015 and...
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