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ABOUT CANCER > GENETICS > RISK-REDUCING BREAST SURGERY > REFERENCESReferences for risk-reducing breast surgery section
The information in the risk-reducing breast surgery section is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding risk-reducing breast surgery. This booklet has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:
- Screening with magnetic resonance imaging and mammography of a UK population at high familial risk of breast cancer: a prospective multi-centre cohort study (MARIBS). The Lancet 2005; 365:1769-78. May 21, 2005
- Understanding NICE guidance – information for women at risk of familial breast cancer, their families and the public. May 2004. www.nice.org.uk
- Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy reduces breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: the PROSE Study Group. Rebbeck T et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004; 22: 1055-62
- Efficacy of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer. Lynn C. Hartman Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. New England Journal of Medicine 1999; 340:77-84
- Abdominal wall complications: prevention and treatment. Reece GP, Kroll SS. Clinical Plastic Surgery 1998; 25:235-49
- Late results of breast reconstruction with free TRAM flaps: a prospective multicentric study. Banic A et al. Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 1995; 95:1195-204
- A qualitative study looking at the psychosocial implications of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Bebbington Hatcher M, Fallowfield LJ. The Breast 2003; 12:1-9
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