Removal of Ovaries associated with decrease in breast cancer death in women with cancer, BRCA1 mutation

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1. Kelly Metcalfe, Henry T. Lynch, William D. Foulkes, Nadine Tung, Charmaine Kim-Sing, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Andrea Eisen, Barry Rosen, Carrie Snyder, Shelley Gershman, Ping Sun, Steven A. Narod. Effect of Oophorectomy on Survival After Breast Cancer inBRCA1andBRCA2Mutation Carriers. JAMA Oncology, 2015; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0658