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Risk-reducing mastectomy in BRCA carriers: survival is not the issue

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  1. Multidisciplinary Breast Centre and Leuven University Centre for Cancer Prevention (LUCK), University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium

    P. Neven, K. Punie, H. Wildiers, N. Willers, C. Van Ongeval & E. Legius

  2. Department of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium

    G. Van Buggenhout & E. Legius

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Neven, P., Punie, K., Wildiers, H. et al. Risk-reducing mastectomy in BRCA carriers: survival is not the issue. Breast Cancer Res Treat 179, 251–252 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05440-4

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