A Population-Based Study of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Efficacy in Women at Elevated Risk for Breast Cancer in Community Practices | Zendy

Ann M. Geiger | Zendy

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A Population-Based Study of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Efficacy in Women at Elevated Risk for Breast Cancer in Community Practices

Author(s) -

Ann M. Geiger

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.5.516

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , prophylactic mastectomy , mastectomy , hazard ratio , prophylactic surgery , obstetrics , cancer , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , population , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , optics

Findings from several studies suggest that bilateral prophylactic mastectomy reduces breast cancer incidence by 90% or more, but the studies used highly selected patients from referral centers, and the comparison groups were not population based. We studied the efficacy of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in women with elevated breast cancer risk cared for in community practices.

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