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Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: A narrative review of the evidence and acceptability.

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Apr 2021

Scheepens Josien C C, Veer Laura van 't, Esserman Laura, Belkora Jeff, Mukhtar Rita A

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The uptake of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) has increased steadily over the last twenty years in women of all age groups and breast cancer stages. Since contralateral breast cancer is relatively rare and the breast cancer guidelines only recommend CPM in a small subset of patients with breast cancer, the drivers of this trend are unknown. This review aims to evaluate the evidence for and...

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PMID: 33621798
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.02.003
PMCID: PMC7907889

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