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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2010

01-03-2010 | Breast Oncology

Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Overtreatment: Expectations from Personal Genomics for Tailored Breast Cancer Surgery

Authors: G. C. Zografos, MD, D. H. Roukos, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 3/2010

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In 2007, Tuttle et al. published a population-based study on contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) for breast cancer.1 Based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database, the authors found a 150% increase in the rate of CPM among U.S. patients who were treated from 1998 to 2003. …
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Tuttle TM, Habermann EB, Grund EH, Morris TJ, Virnig BA. Increasing use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer patients: a trend toward more aggressive surgical treatment. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25:5203–9.CrossRefPubMed
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Arrington AK, Jarosek SL, Virnig BA, Habermann EB, Tuttle TM. Patient and surgeon characteristics associated with increased use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in patients with breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009;16:2697–704.CrossRefPubMed
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Title
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Overtreatment: Expectations from Personal Genomics for Tailored Breast Cancer Surgery
Authors
G. C. Zografos, MD
D. H. Roukos, MD
Publication date
01-03-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0848-z

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