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Better contralateral breast cancer risk estimation and alternative options to contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

The incidence of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) has increased among women with breast cancer, despite uncertain survival benefit and a declining incidence of contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Patient-related reasons for undergoing CPM include an overestimation of the risk of CBC, incre...

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Autores principales: Davies, Kalatu R, Cantor, Scott B, Brewster, Abenaa M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678823
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S52380