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Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingectomy as a Prevention Strategy in Women at High-Risk of Ovarian Cancer: A Mini-Review

Risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is a proven strategy to reduce the risk of serous ovarian cancer associated with germline BRCA mutations. It is most effective when performed before natural menopause, but it will render a woman prematurely menopausal. The tubal hypothesis of serous ovar...

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Autores principales: Schenberg, Tess, Mitchell, Gillian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24575389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2014.00021