Cancer risk management in Tasmanian women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
Cancer risk management in Tasmanian women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
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English
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
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Women carrying germline mutations in
BRCA1
or
BRCA2
have significantly increased lifetime risks of breast and tubo-ovarian cancer. To manage the breast cancer risk women may elect to have breast screening by MRI/mammogram from age 30, to take risk-reducing medication, or to have a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. To manage the tubo-ov...
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Cancer risk management in Tasmanian women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2054593221
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2054593221
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1389-9600
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1573-7292
DOI
10.1007/s10689-017-0047-1
