Tamoxifen and Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
β Scribed by Phillips, K.-A.; Milne, R. L.; Rookus, M. A.; Daly, M. B.; Antoniou, A. C.; Peock, S.; Frost, D.; Easton, D. F.; Ellis, S.; Friedlander, M. L.; Buys, S. S.; Andrieu, N.; Nogues, C.; Stoppa-Lyonnet, D.; Bonadona, V.; Pujol, P.; McLachlan, S. A.; John, E. M.; Hooning, M. J.; Seynaeve, C.; Tollenaar, R. A. E. M.; Goldgar, D. E.; Terry, M. B.; Caldes, T.; Weideman, P. C.; Andrulis, I. L.; Singer, C. F.; Birch, K.; Simard, J.; Southey, M. C.; Olsson, H. L.; Jakubowska, A.; Olah, E.; Gerdes, A.-M.; Foretova, L.; Hopper, J. L.
- Book ID
- 121425998
- Publisher
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0732-183X
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## Abstract Women with a mutation in __BRCA1__ or __BRCA2__ face a lifetime risk of breast cancer of βΌ80%, and following the first diagnosis the10βyear risk of contralateral breast cancer is βΌ30%. It has been shown that both tamoxifen and oophorectomy prevent contralateral breast cancer, but it is