For some women, preventive mastectomies pay off

3 September 2010, 1:01 pm

( University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ) A long-term study published in JAMA of women with a genetic predisposition for breast or ovarian cancer showed that those who elected preventive surgeries had a significantly reduced risk of those cancers.The study confirms the view of researcher Dr. Gail Tomlinson at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio that ...... Read More »

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