Prophylactic Mastectomy: Obstacles and Benefits

Prophylactic Mastectomy: Obstacles and Benefits

Onlytime will tell!REFERENCES(1) Hartmann LC, Sellers TA, Schaid DJ, Frank TS, Soderberg CL, Sitta DL,et al. Efficacyof bilateral prophylactic mastectomyin BRCA1 and BRCA2gene mutation carriers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001;93:16337.(2) Hartmann LC, Schaid DJ, Woods JE, CrottyTP, Myers JL, Arnold PG, eta...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 93; no. 21; pp. 1586 - 1587
Main Authors: Lynch, Henry T., Lynch, Jane F., Rubinstein, Wendy S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Oxford University Press 07-11-2001
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:
Breast Neoplasms - genetics
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2
Heterozygote
Humans
Mastectomy
Mutation
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Summary:Onlytime will tell!REFERENCES(1) Hartmann LC, Sellers TA, Schaid DJ, Frank TS, Soderberg CL, Sitta DL,et al. Efficacyof bilateral prophylactic mastectomyin BRCA1 and BRCA2gene mutation carriers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001;93:16337.(2) Hartmann LC, Schaid DJ, Woods JE, CrottyTP, Myers JL, Arnold PG, etal. Efficacyof bilateral prophylactic mastectomyin women with a familyhistoryof breast cancer.
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Correspondence to: Henry T. Lynch, M.D., Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 (e-mail: htlynch@creighton.edu).
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ISSN:0027-8874
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DOI:10.1093/jnci/93.21.1586