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Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women With BRCA Gene Mutations Reduces Risk for Breast Cancer to Less Tha
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Title Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women With BRCA Gene Mutations Reduces Risk for Breast Cancer to Less Tha
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573060?src=rss
Description Women who carry BRCA gene mutations are highly predisposed to breast cancer, but prophylactic mastectomy can reduce the risk to less than 1%, which frees these women from continued intensive surveillance, say researchers. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > General Surgery
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Date Apr 17, 2008
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