Comparison of Prophylactic Oophorectomy Specimens From Carriers and Noncarriers of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 Gene Mutation

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Abstract

Our data suggest that many of the histologic "abnormalities" described in "normal" ovaries are, in fact, variations of the normal and are not associated with the development of cancer.

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Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment BRCA gene mutations in cancer Reproductive Biology and Fertility

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 91, Issue 7, pp. 626-628

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.7.626

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