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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(5):338-339; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.5.338
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 5, 338-339, March 7, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Despite Efficacy Of Prophylactic Mastectomy, Procedure Finds Few Enthusiasts

Laura Newman

Second in a two-part series.

At a national cancer meeting in 1997, Lynn C. Hartmann, M.D., reported a 90% breast cancer risk reduction in women at high and moderate risk who had undergone a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. It was as if she had dropped a bombshell.



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  		Dr. Lynn C. Hartmann

 
The dramatic risk reduction was far greater than anybody anticipated—and it was tough to hear when use of breast-conserving surgery instead of mastectomy was at an all-time high. And while Hartmann’s data lacked BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carrier information, those kinds of studies were in the wings. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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