Presymptomatic DNA testing and prophylactic surgery in families with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
β Scribed by EJ Meijers-Heijboer; LC Verhoog; CTM Brekelmans; C Seynaeve; MMA Tilanus-Linthorst; A Wagner; L Dukel; P Devilee; AMW van den Ouweland; AN van Geel; JGM Klijn
- Book ID
- 117275598
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 355
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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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