Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

Br J Surg. 2016 Sep;103(10):1249-50. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10223. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Authors

J R Benson¹, Z E Winters²

Affiliations

¹ Cambridge Breast Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ. john.benson@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.
² Breast Surgery Patient Reported and Clinical Outcomes Research Group, University of Bristol, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.

PMID: 27465285
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10223

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / mortality
Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Breast Neoplasms / surgery
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / mortality
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / prevention & control
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / mortality
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / prevention & control
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / surgery
Female
Humans
Patient Preference / statistics & numerical data*
Prognosis
Prophylactic Mastectomy / psychology
Prophylactic Mastectomy / statistics & numerical data*
Prophylactic Mastectomy / trends
United States