Who should get a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer?

Cancer. 2019 May 1;125(9):1400-1403. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31915. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

Authors

Isabelle Bedrosian¹, Patricia A Parker², Abenaa M Brewster³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
³ Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 30645775
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31915

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / mortality
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Humans
Mastectomy, Extended Radical* / methods
Medical History Taking
Middle Aged
Mutation
Patient Selection*
Prophylactic Mastectomy* / methods
Survival Analysis