학술논문
Clinical and pathologic findings of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomies in 159 BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers
Document Type
Report
Source
Gynecologic Oncology. Jan, 2006, Vol. 100 Issue 1, p58, 7 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0090-8258
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.06.065 Byline: Amy Finch (a)(b), Patricia Shaw (c), Barry Rosen (b), Joan Murphy (b), Steven A. Narod (a), Terence J. Colgan (d) Keywords: Salpingo-oophorectomy; BRCA1; BRCA2 Abstract: To estimate the likelihood of occult cancer diagnosis at prophylactic oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers in different age groups and to determine the histopathology of these lesions. Author Affiliation: (a) The Centre for Research in Women's Health, 790 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1N8 (b) The Familial Ovarian Cancer Clinic, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Canada (c) The Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada (d) Department Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada Article History: Received 26 April 2005