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Simultaneous Operations Feasible for Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
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Title Simultaneous Operations Feasible for Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573396?src=rss
Description As a cancer prevention strategy for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, prophylactic mastectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy can be combined into a single operation with acceptable morbidity, the results of a small retrospective study suggest. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > General Surgery
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Date Apr 24, 2008
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