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Attitudes toward Risk-Reducing Mastectomy and Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy among Young, Unmarried, Healthy Women in Korea.
Cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2022
Park Boyoung, Kim Dongwon, Kim Jiyoung, Lee Bom Yi, Yoon Junghyun, Kim Sung-Won
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PURPOSE: This study investigated the attitudes toward risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) as cancer prevention options for BRCA1/2 carriers in healthy, young, unmarried Korean women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 600 women, aged 20-39 years, completed a questionnaire on sociodemographic variables, preference for genetic testing, and...
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