Informed decision-making is the key in women at high risk of breast cancer

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2014 Jun;40(6):667-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.02.219. Epub 2014 Feb 17.

Authors

A Taylor¹, M Tischkowitz²

Affiliations

¹ East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
² East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; Academic Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mdt33@cam.ac.uk.

PMID: 24655800
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.02.219

No abstract available

Keywords: BRCA1; BRCA2; Risk reducing mastectomy.

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Decision Making*
Female
Humans
Mastectomy*
Quality of Life
Risk
Risk Assessment
Women / psychology*