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Prophylactic Risk-Reducing Mastectomy (PRRM): A Set Practice or Catch-22 Situation in LMIC. A Single-Centre Prospective Cohort Study.

World journal of surgery - 1 Sept 2023

Mooghal Mehwish, Vohra Lubna M, Khan Wajiha, Akbar Fizza

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Background Pakistan's hereditary breast cancer has a higher-than-average prevalence. Our acceptability of prophylactic risk-reducing mastectomy (PRRM) still needs to be determined, and genetic testing still needs to be offered to all eligible. The aim is to determine the number of women presenting to our centre who availed of PRRM after positive genetic tests and the main reasons restraining them from considering...

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PMID: 37145137
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-023-07033-1

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