Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer

Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women who carry these mutations consider undergoing mastectomy or removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes as preventive measures. But...

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