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Scar-Free Laparoscopy in BRCA-Mutated Women.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 17 Jul 2022
Restaino Stefano, Finelli Angelo, Pellecchia Giulia, Biasioli Anna, Mauro Jessica, Ronsini Carlo, Martina Monica Della, Arcieri Martina, Della Corte Luigi, Sorrentino Felice, Driul Lorenza, Vizzielli Giuseppe
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Background and Objectives: BRCA 1 and 2 mutations have a cumulative risk of developing ovarian cancer at 70 years of 41% and 15%, respectively, while a cumulative risk of breast cancer by 80 years of age was 72% for BRCA1 mutation carriers and 69% for BRCA2 mutation carriers. The NCCN recommends risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), typically between 35 and 40 years, and upon completion of childbearing in...
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