Breast cancer surveillance in BRCA positive Sri Lankan women: health equity for a high-risk group at a limited resource setting

• Main Authors: Udari Apsara Liyanage (Author), Nirmala Dushyanthi Sirisena (Author), Pushpika Chathuranga Deshapriya (Author), Vajira Harshadeva Weerabaddana Dissanayake (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants account for 90% of hereditary breast malignancies, incurring a lifetime breast cancer risk of 85% and 40-45% respectively, in affected individuals. Well-resourced health care settings offer genetic counselling and genetic screening for suscepti...