Ovary removal proves beneficial for cancer-prone women
Even if a patient has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, the surgery can reduce risk of dying, finds a study of women with two common breast cancer genes.Preemptive removal of breasts or ovaries in women with two common breast cancer genes can sharply reduce the risk of contracting cancer and dying, even if a woman has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, a new study confirms.
Ovary removal proves beneficial for cancer-prone women
BRCA mutation carriers who opt for surgery survive longer than those forgoing the operation
Tue 31 Aug 10 from ScienceNews
Ovary Removal Proves Beneficial for Cancer-Prone Women, Wed 1 Sep 10 from U.S. News
Preventive cancer surgeries save women's lives
A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
Prophylactic surgeries associated with lower risk of cancer for women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations
Women at increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer because of inherited mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who had prophylactic mastectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the fallopian ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
Surgery Prevents Breast Cancers in High-Risk Women
Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from FOXNews
Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women, Wed 1 Sep 10 from Reuters
Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women, Tue 31 Aug 10 from Reuters
Breast, ovary removal found to raise cancer survival rates
Even if a patient has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, the surgery can reduce risk of dying, finds a study of women with two common breast cancer genes.Preemptive removal of breasts ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from L.A. Times
Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal
By CARLA K. JOHNSON 2010-08-31T21:06:31Z CHICAGO (AP) -- Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from AP
Breast, ovary removal cuts cancer risk in high-risk women
Women who have gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer can substantially reduce their chances of developing -- and dying from -- those cancers if they have their breasts ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from CNN
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