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Breast cancer surgery scars by partial mastectomy. With effect filter.

Mastectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy improve BRCA breast cancer patient survival

By Lynda Williams, medwireNews Reporter

medwireNews: Risk-reducing surgery leads to improved overall survival for breast cancer patients carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, confirm two studies published in The Lancet Oncology.

This independent news story was supported by an educational grant from L’Institut Servier, Suresnes, France.

Read the full story on the L’Institut Servier website

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