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. 2019 Aug 12;191(32):E886-E893.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190281.

Management of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants

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Management of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants

Melissa Walker et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: Michelle Jacobson reports receiving speaker honoraria, outside the submitted work. No other competing interests were declared.

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