Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
A fact sheet that describes mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, two surgeries that may be used to reduce breast cancer risk in women at very high risk, and nonsurgical options.
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- SourceUrl: https://www.cancer.gov/node/14381/syndication
- Syndication ID: 1736
- Language: English
- Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Date Syndication Captured: Friday, December 06, 2013 at 03:00 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Monday, August 05, 2019 at 07:41 PM
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General:
cancer
prevention
risk
reduce
breast
ovarian
surgery
reconstruction
mastectomy
BRCA1
BRCA2
prophylactic
subcutaneous
7.5
contralateral
oophorectomy
PTEN
TP53
ovary
risk-reducing
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