Impact of rapid genetic counselling and testing on the decision to undergo immediate or delayed prophylactic mastectomy in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: findings from a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Female breast cancer patients with a BRCA1/2 mutation have an increased risk of contralateral breast cancer. We investigated the effect of rapid genetic counselling and testing (RGCT) on choice of surgery. METHODS: Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with at least a 10% risk of a BRCA...

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Autores principales: Wevers, M R, Aaronson, N K, Verhoef, S, Bleiker, E M A, Hahn, D E E, Kuenen, M A, van der Sanden-Melis, J, Brouwer, T, Hogervorst, F B L, van der Luijt, R B, Valdimarsdottir, H B, van Dalen, T, Theunissen, E B M, van Ooijen, B, de Roos, M A, Borgstein, P J, Vrouenraets, B C, Vriens, E, Bouma, W H, Rijna, H, Vente, J P, Witkamp, A J, Rutgers, E J T, Ausems, M G E M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Materias:
Genetics and Genomics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24423928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.805

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