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Risk-reducing mastectomy for unaffected women with a strong family history of breast cancer

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:

To assess the effects of risk-reducing mastectomy on unaffected women with a strong family history of breast cancer with a specific focus on breast cancer incidence, psychosocial outcomes (including satisfaction with decision and cosmetic outcomes), surgical complications, and mortality.

This is a protocol.

Health topics:

Cancer > Breast > Surgery

Published:

6 September 2022

Authors:

Willson ML, Srinivasa S, Fatema K, Lostumbo L, Carbine NE, Egger SJ, Goodwin A

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Willson ML, Srinivasa S, Fatema K, Lostumbo L, Carbine NE, Egger SJ, Goodwin A. Risk-reducing mastectomy for unaffected women with a strong family history of breast cancer (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD015020. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015020.