When to Consider Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Carriers with Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer: a Case Study Illustrating the Genetic Counseling Challenges

Germline mutations in BRCA1/BRCA2 significantly increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in women. This case report describes a BRCA1 germline mutation identified in a woman with stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer and the provision of genetic counseling about BRCA1-associated breast cancer ris...

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Autores principales: Speight, Beverley, Tischkowitz, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
Materias:
Case Presentation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5672852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10897-017-0136-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5672852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10897-017-0136-1

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