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The aim is to evaluate risk of CBC and recurrence and to analyze predictive factors in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and non-carriers at high-risk of hereditary breast cancer patients. Methods. Retrospective observational study. 46 patients underwent bilateral mastectomy during 2004-2018. Results.
Resumen. Introducción. La mayoría de los cánceres de mama (CM) se diagnostican en mujeres sin antecedentes familiares y no portadoras de mutaciones de riesgo. En las últimas décadas se ha producido un aumento de mastectomías profilácticas contralaterales (MPC) en estas pacientes.
20 lip 2005 · Contralateral breast cancer (CBC) is the most common second primary cancer in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. 1 Patients with a history of breast cancer have an increased risk of developing a second primary breast cancer (PBC), with an annual risk of 0.5% to 1% or a cumulative lifetime risk of 2% to 15%. 2 Because breast cancer is the ...
In recent years the rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy have increased in patients with a history of breast cancer, but its role in the management of newly diagnosed patients remains controversial.
Full Text. Introduction. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) has been evaluated as a strategy for reducing the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) in patients with sporadic breast cancer (BC) (ie, no mutations in the main genes associated with hereditary breast cancer, and no strong family history) 1.
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RESUMEN. Las metástasis axilares contralaterales en el cáncer de mama constituyen un hecho poco frecuente, y pueden corres-ponder tanto a la manifestación de una enfermedad sistémica (estadío IV) como a una metástasis de un cáncer primario ocul-to ipsilateral (TxN1, estadío II).
