Receipt of Bilateral Mastectomy Among Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer

Sonya Reid; Mya L Roberson; Kenna Koehler; Tiana Shah; Anne Weidner; Jennifer G Whisenant; Tuya Pal

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5162

Receipt of Bilateral Mastectomy Among Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2023 Jan 1;9(1):143-145. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5162.

Authors

Sonya Reid^{1

2}, Mya L Roberson^{1

3}, Kenna Koehler², Tiana Shah², Anne Weidner², Jennifer G Whisenant², Tuya Pal^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case series study examines differences in surgical treatment among adult females with invasive breast cancer who have pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in genes with high vs moderate breast cancer penetrance.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms* / genetics
Breast Neoplasms* / surgery
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Mastectomy

Supplementary concepts

Breast Cancer, Familial

Grants and funding

K12 CA090625/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States