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SUBMITTER: Chai X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4224991 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chai Xinglei X Friebel Tara M TM Singer Christian F CF Evans D Gareth DG Lynch Henry T HT Isaacs Claudine C Garber Judy E JE Neuhausen Susan L SL Matloff Ellen E Eeles Rosalind R Tung Nadine N Weitzel Jeffrey N JN Couch Fergus J FJ Hulick Peter J PJ Ganz Patricia A PA Daly Mary B MB Olopade Olufunmilayo I OI Tomlinson Gail G Blum Joanne L JL Domchek Susan M SM Chen Jinbo J Rebbeck Timothy R TR
Breast cancer research and treatment 20141014 2
Inherited mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) confer very high risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Genetic testing and counseling can reduce risk and death from these cancers if appropriate preventive strategies are applied, including risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) or risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM). However, some women who might benefit from these interventions do not take full advantage of them. We evaluated RRSO and RRM use in a prospective cohort of 1,499 women with inherited BR ...[more]