Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature

The high incidence and recurrence rate of breast cancer has influenced multiple strategies such as early detection with imaging, chemoprevention and surgical interventions that serve as preventive measures for women at high risk. Prophylactic mastectomy is one of the growing strategies of breast can...

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Autores principales:	Rawan K. Alaofi, Mohammed O. Nassif, Marwan R. Al-Hajeili
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018
Materias:	brca breast neoplasms ductal carcinoma in situ prophylactic mastectomy risk reduction Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:07db2675337240f3a2a27e4dc92cc4f42021-12-02T16:27:07ZProphylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature2231-07702249-446410.4103/ajm.AJM_21_18https://doaj.org/article/07db2675337240f3a2a27e4dc92cc4f42018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_21_18https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464The high incidence and recurrence rate of breast cancer has influenced multiple strategies such as early detection with imaging, chemoprevention and surgical interventions that serve as preventive measures for women at high risk. Prophylactic mastectomy is one of the growing strategies of breast cancer risk reduction that is of a special importance for breast cancer gene mutation carriers. Women with personal history of cancerous breast lesions may consider ipsilateral or contralateral mastectomy as well. Existing data showed that mastectomy effectively reduces breast cancer risk. However, careful risk estimation is necessary to wisely select individuals who will benefit from preventing breast cancer.Rawan K. AlaofiMohammed O. NassifMarwan R. Al-HajeiliThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlebrcabreast neoplasmsductal carcinoma in situprophylactic mastectomyrisk reductionMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 03, Pp 67-77 (2018)
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description	The high incidence and recurrence rate of breast cancer has influenced multiple strategies such as early detection with imaging, chemoprevention and surgical interventions that serve as preventive measures for women at high risk. Prophylactic mastectomy is one of the growing strategies of breast cancer risk reduction that is of a special importance for breast cancer gene mutation carriers. Women with personal history of cancerous breast lesions may consider ipsilateral or contralateral mastectomy as well. Existing data showed that mastectomy effectively reduces breast cancer risk. However, careful risk estimation is necessary to wisely select individuals who will benefit from preventing breast cancer.
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title	Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature
title_short	Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature
title_full	Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature
title_fullStr	Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed	Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature
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Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature

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