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Risk management decisions in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations

Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8830650 The American Journal of Surgery 2018 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
There was no statistical difference in the rate of RRM among women with a pathogenic mutation or a VUS in BRCA1/2 in our population. The majority of high risk women in our study chose to forgo RRM for breast cancer screening.
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BRCAGenetic testingBreast cancerVariants of uncertain significance
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Risk management decisions in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
Authors
Rosemary Morgan, Audrey Brown, Kelly Jo Hamman, Jone Sampson, Arpana Naik, Kristen Massimino,
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