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Clinical significance of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in patients with BRCA1/2 mutation.
Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction - 1 Oct 2023
Abay Merve, Ozgen Levent, Yalcin Yakup, Ozerkan Kemal
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) is a precursor lesion which is located in the distal fallopian tube and causes high grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). The incidence of STIC for women underwent risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy for BRCA mutation varies from 0.6 to 7% and its clinical outcomes are still unclear. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the incidence of STIC and HGSOC...
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