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- Title
Efficacy of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutation Carriers.
- Authors
Hartmann, Lynn C.; Sellers, Thomas A.; Schaid, Daniel J.; Frank, Thomas S.; Soderberg, Cheryl L.; Sitta, Diana L.; Frost, Marlene H.; Grant, Clive S.; Donohue, John H.; Woods, John E.; McDonnell, Shannon K.; Vockley, Catherine Walsh; Deffenbaugh, Amie; Couch, Fergus J.; Jenkins, Robert B.
- Abstract
Examines the efficacy of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers in Rochester, Minnesota. Likelihood of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers; Use of a high-risk model and moderate-risk model; Failure of testing strategies to detect some types of BRCA1 and BRCA2.
- Subjects
MASTECTOMY; GENETIC mutation; BREAST cancer
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2001, Vol 93, Issue 21, p1633
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/93.21.1633