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SUBMITTER: Shu CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5594920 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shu Catherine A CA Pike Malcolm C MC Jotwani Anjali R AR Friebel Tara M TM Soslow Robert A RA Levine Douglas A DA Nathanson Katherine L KL Konner Jason A JA Arnold Angela G AG Bogomolniy Faina F Dao Fanny F Olvera Narciso N Bancroft Elizabeth K EK Goldfrank Deborah J DJ Stadler Zsofia K ZK Robson Mark E ME Brown Carol L CL Leitao Mario M MM Abu-Rustum Nadeem R NR Aghajanian Carol A CA Blum Joanne L JL Neuhausen Susan L SL Garber Judy E JE Daly Mary B MB Isaacs Claudine C Eeles Rosalind A RA Ganz Patricia A PA Barakat Richard R RR Offit Kenneth K Domchek Susan M SM Rebbeck Timothy R TR Kauff Noah D ND
JAMA oncology 20161101 11
<h4>Importance</h4>The link between BRCA mutations and uterine cancer is unclear. Therefore, although risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is standard treatment among women with BRCA mutations (BRCA+ women), the role of concomitant hysterectomy is controversial.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the risk for uterine cancer and distribution of specific histologic subtypes in BRCA+ women after RRSO without hysterectomy.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This multicenter prospective cohort ...[more]