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Aromatase Inhibitors and Contralateral Breast Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers: A long-term Follow-up
2021-12-20
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Deleterious BRCA mutations confer a significant lifetime risk of breast cancer (BC) as well as contralateral BC (CBC) in patients who do not undergo prophylactic mastectomy. Prior reports have suggested that tamoxifen reduces the risk of CBC in BRCA mutation carriers. Whether aromatase inhibitors (AI) have the same effect is unknown. <bold>Methods:</bold> This i...
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- 30bde3b3-7631-5467-baea-d2b76a5b075d
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1158051/v1
