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Beyond the pill: contraception and the prevention of hereditary ovarian cancer

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers face an elevated lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. Oral contraceptives have been shown to significantly decrease the risk of ovarian cancer by approximately 50% in this high-risk population. Changes in contraceptive formulations and patterns of use over ti...

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Autores principales: Xia, Yue Yin, Kotsopoulos, Joanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9169328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35668475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13053-022-00227-z