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Prophylactic Surgery and Inherited Cancer Predisposition

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Cancer Genetics for the Clinician

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The purpose of this chapter will be to discuss the role of prophylactic oophorectomy and prophylactic mastectomy in the management of patients with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. The approach described here can serve as a template in reviewing the efficacy of prophylactic surgery for other hereditary cancer syndromes.

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  1. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    Kevin S. Hughes M.D., Moshe Z. Papa, Timothy Whitney & Robert McLellan

  2. The Risk Assessment Clinic, The Lahey Clinic, 1 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts, USA

    Kevin S. Hughes M.D., Moshe Z. Papa, Timothy Whitney & Robert McLellan

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Hughes, K.S., Papa, M.Z., Whitney, T., McLellan, R. (1999). Prophylactic Surgery and Inherited Cancer Predisposition. In: Shaw, G.L. (eds) Cancer Genetics for the Clinician. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4699-3_8

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