BJC - Abstract - Predictors of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and Predictors of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (stage 1/11 breast cancer/mutation carriers) Ovarian Cancer and Us OVARIAN CANCER and US Ovarian Cancer and Us

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

BJC - Abstract - Predictors of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and Predictors of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (stage 1/11 breast cancer/mutation carriers)



Purpose:

The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers; and measure the extent to which host, family history, and cancer t

Conclusion:

The risk of contralateral breast cancer risk in BRCA mutation carriers declines with the age of diagnosis and increases with the number of first-degree relatives affected with breast cancer. Oophorectomy reduces the risk of contralateral breast cancer in young women with a BRCA mutation.

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