Article
Risk-reducing mastectomy for women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC): analytical results of data from the Japanese Organization of HBOC.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 3 Nov 2022
Ohsumi Shozo, Nakamura Seigo, Miyata Hiroaki, Watanabe Chie, Den Hiroki, Arai Masami
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Risk-reducing mastectomy is one option for women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer to reduce the risk of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed data of the Japanese Organization of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer on women who were diagnosed as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer by BRCA germline genetic testing between 2010 and 2019 to reveal the rate and likelihood of...
Topics
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
- Mutation
- Mastectomy
- Breast Neoplasms
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
