Can bilateral prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy reduce cancer mortality in carriers of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation?
β Scribed by Cecile TM Brekelmans; Caroline Seynaeve
- Book ID
- 117783832
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-2045
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Prophylactic salpingoβoophorectomy (SO), which is recommended in __BRCA1/2__ mutation carriers, still needs to be reappraised. ## METHODS. In all, 89 __BRCA1/BRCA2__ mutation carriers underwent SO between 1994β2004. Past medical and familial history, SO, results and su
Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy in a Series of 89 Women Carrying a BRCA1 or a BRCA2 Mutation I read with great interest the article published in Cancer by Laki et al. 1 and strongly support that prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy (SO) is an important option for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, as asymp