Prophylactic Mastectomy in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers and Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast Cancer: Long-Term Experiences at the Rotterdam Family Cancer Clinic
Open Access
- 31 May 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 14 (12) , 3335-3344
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-007-9449-x
Abstract
Background BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and women from a hereditary breast(/ovarian) cancer family have a highly increased risk of developing breast cancer (BC). Prophylactic mastectomy (PM) results in...Keywords
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