Purpose To estimate the risk of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers
after diagnosis and to determine which factors are predictive of the risk of a second primary …

Purpose The purposes of this study were to estimate the reduction in risk of ovarian, fallopian
tube, or peritoneal cancer in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation after oophorectomy…

Several options for cancer prevention are available for women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2
mutation, including prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention and screening. The authors report …

PURPOSE To estimate age-specific relative and absolute cancer risks of breast cancer and
to estimate risks of ovarian, pancreatic, male breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers …

Purpose: BRCA1-related breast cancers are more frequently estrogen receptor (ER) negative
than are either BRCA2-related or nonhereditary breast cancers. The relationship between …

Objective To compare the survival rates of women with BRCA associated breast cancer who
did and did not undergo mastectomy of the contralateral breast. Design Retrospective …

Purpose There are two mutations in BRCA1 and one mutation in BRCA2 that are present in
up to 2.5% of Ashkenazi Jewish women. Current guidelines for testing stipulate that a …

Background: Mobile apps are being viewed as a new solution for post-operative monitoring
of surgical patients. Mobile phone monitoring of patients in the post-operative period can …

Purpose To evaluate the rate of prophylactic contralateral mastectomy in an international
cohort of women with hereditary breast cancer and to evaluate the predictors of uptake of …

Background: This is the first study to use generic distress, cancer-specific, and procedure-specific
measures to prospectively evaluate psychological responses, body image, sexuality, …