Group medical visits in the follow-up of women with a <it>BRCA </it>mutation: design of a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Hoogerbrugge Nicoline (Author), Prins Judith B (Author), Visser Annemiek (Author), van Laarhoven Hanneke WM (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>BRCA </it>mutation carriers have a 40-80% life-time risk of developing breast cancer. They may opt for yearly breast cancer surveillance or for prophylactic mastectomy. Both options show increased survival rates. It i...