Contralateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy: Review of Risk Factors and Risk-Reducing Strategies

Rates of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy have increased substantially over the last decade. Surgical oncologists are often in the frontline, dealing with requests for this procedure. This paper reviews the current evidence base regarding contralateral breast cancer, assesses the various risk-...

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Autores principales: Basu, N. N., Barr, L., Ross, G. L., Evans, D. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25692038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/901046
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description Rates of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy have increased substantially over the last decade. Surgical oncologists are often in the frontline, dealing with requests for this procedure. This paper reviews the current evidence base regarding contralateral breast cancer, assesses the various risk-reducing strategies, and evaluates the cost-effectiveness of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy.
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spelling pubmed-43226562015-02-17 Contralateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy: Review of Risk Factors and Risk-Reducing Strategies Basu, N. N. Barr, L. Ross, G. L. Evans, D. G. Int J Surg Oncol Review Article Rates of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy have increased substantially over the last decade. Surgical oncologists are often in the frontline, dealing with requests for this procedure. This paper reviews the current evidence base regarding contralateral breast cancer, assesses the various risk-reducing strategies, and evaluates the cost-effectiveness of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4322656/ /pubmed/25692038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/901046 Text en Copyright © 2015 N. N. Basu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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