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- Title
Efficacy of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers.
- Authors
Hartmann, L C; Sellers, T A; Schaid, D J; Frank, T S; Soderberg, C L; Sitta, D L; Frost, M H; Grant, C S; Donohue, J H; Woods, J E; McDonnell, S K; Vockley, C W; Deffenbaugh, A; Couch, F J; Jenkins, R B
- Abstract
In women with a family history of breast cancer, bilateral prophylactic mastectomy is associated with a decreased risk of subsequent breast cancer of approximately 90%. We examined the association between bilateral prophylactic mastectomy and breast cancer risk in women at high risk for breast cancer who also had mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
- Publication
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2001, Vol 93, Issue 21, p1633
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/93.21.1633