Cohort study shows low risk of breast cancer and complications after mastectomy in BRCA carriers, indicating safety.
In this cohort study of 1208 women with a gPV in BRCA1/2, the risk of developing breast cancer or early major surgical complications after RRM was very low. The low occurrence of primary breast cancer precluded meaningful statistical comparisons between different RRM techniques.
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