Prophylactic mastectomy--the price of fear

N Engl J Med. 1999 Jan 14;340(2):137-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199901143400209.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • BRCA2 Protein
  • Bias
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Fear
  • Female
  • Genes, BRCA1
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy*
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
  • Risk Factors
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • BRCA2 Protein
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Transcription Factors