The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report

Genetic changes along with environmental exposures can play a role in the development of cancer. Individuals with significant risk factors for breast cancer including family history should be encouraged to undergo genetic testing along with breast cancer screening at an early age. Individuals who te...

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Autores principales: Ochaney, Priyanka, Patel, Komal, Haq, Furqan, Reese, Robyn, Igel, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6773448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31592366
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5311
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author Ochaney, Priyanka
Patel, Komal
Haq, Furqan
Reese, Robyn
Igel, Stephen
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description Genetic changes along with environmental exposures can play a role in the development of cancer. Individuals with significant risk factors for breast cancer including family history should be encouraged to undergo genetic testing along with breast cancer screening at an early age. Individuals who test positive for the breast cancer (BRCA) 1 or 2 gene can discuss potential risk-reducing management options, such as risk-reducing prophylactic mastectomy, with their physicians in order to protect them from the long-term consequences of developing breast cancer.
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spelling pubmed-67734482019-10-07 The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report Ochaney, Priyanka Patel, Komal Haq, Furqan Reese, Robyn Igel, Stephen Cureus Family/General Practice Genetic changes along with environmental exposures can play a role in the development of cancer. Individuals with significant risk factors for breast cancer including family history should be encouraged to undergo genetic testing along with breast cancer screening at an early age. Individuals who test positive for the breast cancer (BRCA) 1 or 2 gene can discuss potential risk-reducing management options, such as risk-reducing prophylactic mastectomy, with their physicians in order to protect them from the long-term consequences of developing breast cancer. Cureus 2019-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6773448/ /pubmed/31592366 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5311 Text en Copyright © 2019, Ochaney et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ochaney, Priyanka
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The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title_full The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title_fullStr The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title_short The Importance of Risk-Reducing Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer (BRCA) Carriers: A Case Report
title_sort importance of risk-reducing prophylactic mastectomy in breast cancer (brca) carriers: a case report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5311
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