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    • How does re-classification of variants of unknown significance (VUS) impact the management of patients at risk for hereditary breast cancer?
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    • UPenn Researchers Enrolling BRCA1/2 Carriers Into Inovio hTERT Cancer Vaccine study.
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    • Neurofibromatosis 1 in the setting of dual diagnosis: Diagnostic and management conundrums.
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    • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Imaging Modalities for Breast Cancer Surveillance Among BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: A Systematic Review.
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    • Front Oncol. 2022 Jan 10;11:763161. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.763161.
    • BRCA Mutations and the Implications in Transgender Individuals Undergoing Top Surgery: An Operative Dilemma.
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    • Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Jan 10;10(1):e4012. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004012.

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    • HerediCaRe: Dokumentations- und IT-Lösung eines spezialisierten Registers für erblichen Brust- und Eierstockkrebs [HerediCaRe: Documentation and IT Solution of a Specialized Registry for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer].
    • Engel C, Wieland K, Zachariae S, Bucksch K, Enders U, Schoenwiese U, Yahiaoui-Doktor M, Keupp K, Waha A, Hahnen E, Remy R, Ernst C, Loeffler M, Schmutzler RK.
    • Gesundheitswesen. 2021 Nov;83(S 01):S12-S17. German. doi: 10.1055/a-1658-0313. Epub 2021 Nov 3.
    • Impact of Variant Reclassification in Cancer Predisposition Genes on Clinical Care.
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    • JCO Precis Oncol. 2021 Nov;5:577-584. doi: 10.1200/PO.20.00399.
    • Preimplantation genetic testing for BRCA gene mutation carriers: a cost effectiveness analysis.
    • Michaan N, Leshno M, Cohen Y, Safra T, Peleg-Hasson S, Laskov I, Grisaru D.
    • Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2021 Oct 8;19(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12958-021-00827-9.
    • Data on Utility in Cost-Utility Analyses of Genetic Screen-and-Treat Strategies for Breast and Ovarian Cancer.
    • Simões Corrêa Galendi J, Vennedey V, Kentenich H, Stock S, Müller D.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 29;13(19):4879. doi: 10.3390/cancers13194879.
    • Contralateral risk-reducing local therapy in breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 mutations: systemic review and meta-analysis.
    • Jia Z, Li J, Zhang Y, Wang X, Xing J, Xing Z, Huang X, Liu G, Zhang M, Feng K, Wu J, Wang W, Wang J, Liu J, Wang X.
    • Cancer Cell Int. 2021 Sep 25;21(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s12935-021-02194-2.
    • Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Genotype-Specific Surveillance and Preventive Strategies for Gynecologic Cancers Among Women With Lynch Syndrome.
    • Wright JD, Silver ER, Tan SX, Hur C, Kastrinos F.
    • JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2123616. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23616.

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    • Surgical Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer.
    • Berger ER, Golshan M.
    • Genes (Basel). 2021 Aug 31;12(9):1371. doi: 10.3390/genes12091371.
    • A rare case of breast cancer in a transgender woman.
    • Sieberg R, Soriano K, Zuurbier R.
    • Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Aug 26;16(11):3285-3288. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.07.052.
    • Liquid Biopsy Can Detect Brca2 Gene Variants In Female Dogs With Mammary Neoplasia.
    • de Oliveira JR, Colombo J, Gonçalves FM, de Carvalho LAL, Costa DS, Henrique T, Novais AA, Moscheta-Pinheiro MG, de Almeida Chuffa LG, Coutinho LL, Santana ÁE, de Campos Zuccari DAP.
    • Vet Comp Oncol. 2021 Jul 30. doi: 10.1111/vco.12758. Epub ahead of print.
    • Cost-Sharing and Out-of-Pocket Cost for Women Who Received MRI for Breast Cancer Screening.
    • Pan IW, Oeffinger KC, Shih YT.
    • J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Jul 28:djab150. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djab150. Epub ahead of print.

    Press: Out-of-Pocket Costs for MRI Breast Cancer Screening Hitting More Women. (Medscape)

    • Risk-Reducing Mastectomy and Reconstruction Following Prophylactic Breast Irradiation: Hope Sustained.
    • Ben David MA, Evron E, Rasco AF, Shai A, Corn BW.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 May 30;13(11):2694. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112694.
    • Risk-Adjusted Prevention. Perspectives on the Governance of Entitlements to Benefits in the Case of Genetic (Breast Cancer) Risks.
    • Meier F, Harney A, Rhiem K, Neusser S, Neumann A, Braun M, Wasem J, Huster S, Dabrock P, Schmutzler RK.
    • Recent Results Cancer Res. 2021 [First Online: 22 May 2021];218:47-66. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-63749-1_5.
    • eBook chapter
    • Should the BCRA1/2-mutations healthy carriers be valid candidates for hematopoietic stem cell donation?
    • Fresa A, Sica S.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2021 Apr 1;19(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13053-021-00179-w.
    • Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption is corrected by lithium in a case of bipolar disorder with familial BRCA1 mutation.
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    • Bipolar Disord. 2021 Feb;23(1):101-103. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13014. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
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    • Estimation of healthcare-related charges in women with BRCA mutations and breast cancer.
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    • BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jan 13;21(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-06038-z.
    • Why is appropriate healthcare inaccessible for many European breast cancer patients? - The EBCC 12 manifesto.
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    • Breast. 2021 Jan 2;55:128-135. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2020.12.010. Epub ahead of print.
    • Pathogenic Germline Mutations in DNA Repair Genes in Combination With Cancer Treatment Exposures and Risk of Subsequent Neoplasms Among Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer.
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    • J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun 4:JCO1902760. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02760. Epub ahead of print.

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    • Tissue-Specific Carcinogens as Soil to Seed BRCA1/2-Mutant Hereditary Cancers.
    • Singh AK, Yu X.
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    • Non-Surgical Cancer Risk Reduction in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers: Disabling the Remote Control.
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    • Cancers (Basel). 2020 Feb 27;12(3). pii: E547. doi: 10.3390/cancers12030547.
    • Cost-effectiveness of long-term clinical management of BRCA pathogenic variant carriers.
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    • Genet Med. 2020 Jan 30. doi: 10.1038/s41436-020-0751-3. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Genetic Protection Modifications: Moving Beyond the Binary Distinction Between Therapy and Enhancement for Human Genome Editing.
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    • CRISPR J. 2019 Dec;2(6):362-369. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2019.0024.
    • Commentary
    • Prophylactic breast irradiation reduces background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on MRI: A secondary analysis.
    • Ben-David MA, Corn BW, Evron E, Goldberg H, Pfeffer RM, Abdah-Bortnyak R, Matceyevsky D, Weinstein Y, Golan O, Sklair-Levy M.
    • Breast. 2019 Nov 6;49:70-73. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2019.10.011. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Salivary Gland Function, Antioxidant Defence and Oxidative Damage in the Saliva of Patients with Breast Cancer: Does the BRCA1 Mutation Disturb the Salivary Redox Profile?
    • Sawczuk B, Maciejczyk M, Sawczuk-Siemieniuk M, Posmyk R, Zalewska A, Car H.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2019 Oct 8;11(10). pii: E1501. doi: 10.3390/cancers11101501.
    • Cost effectiveness of bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy.
    • Schrauder MG, Brunel-Geuder L, Häberle L, Wunderle M, Hoyer J, Csorba R, Reis A, Schulz-Wendtland R, Beckmann MW, Lux MP.
    • Eur J Med Res. 2019 Sep 14;24(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40001-019-0391-8.
    • Clinical utility of FoundationOne tissue molecular profiling in men with metastatic prostate cancer.
    • Zhu J, Tucker M, Marin D, Gupta RT, Healy P, Humeniuk M, Jarvis C, Zhang T, McNamara M, George DJ, Wu Y, Lisi S, Armstrong AJ.
    • Urol Oncol. 2019 Jul 18. pii: S1078-1439(19)30244-3. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2019.06.015. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Trans-counseling: A case series of transgender individuals at high risk for BRCA1 pathogenic variants.
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    • J Genet Couns. 2019 Jun;28(3):708-716. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1046. Epub 2019 Jan 24.
    • Frequency of hematologic and solid malignancies in the family history of 50 patients with acute myeloid leukemia - a single center analysis.
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    • PLoS One. 2019 Apr 18;14(4):e0215453. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215453. eCollection 2019.
    • Contralateral breast irradiation in BRCA carriers: the conundrum of prophylactic versus early treatment.
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    • Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):348-350. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz014.
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    • Prophylactic irradiation to the contralateral breast for BRCA mutation carriers with early-stage breast cancer.
    • Evron E, Ben-David AM, Goldberg H, Fried G, Kaufman B, Catane R, Pfeffer MR, Geffen DB, Chernobelsky P, Karni T, Abdah-Bortnyak R, Rosengarten O, Matceyevsky D, Inbar M, Kuten A, Corn BW.
    • Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):412-417. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy515.

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    Is bilateral radiation an option for BRCA mutation carriers with unilateral breast cancer?

    • Genetic variation and radiation quality impact cancer promoting cellular phenotypes in response to HZE exposure.
    • Sridharan DM, Enerio S, Wang C, LaBarge MA, Stampfer MR, Pluth JM.
    • Life Sci Space Res (Amst). 2019 Feb;20:101-112. doi: 10.1016/j.lssr.2018.10.002. Epub 2018 Oct 21.
    • Targeted surgical prevention of epithelial ovarian cancer is cost effective and saves money in BRCA mutation carrying family members of women with epithelial ovarian cancer. A Canadian model.
    • Hoskins P, Eccleston A, Hurry M, Dyer M.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Jan 28. pii: S0090-8258(19)30061-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.01.018. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Overestimation of the Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Based Mammography Screening in the United Kingdom.
    • Autier P.
    • JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jan 17. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6501. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Letter, Comment

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    Letter, Reply:

    Overestimation of the Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Based Mammography Screening in the United Kingdom-Reply.

    Original research:

    Cost-effectiveness and Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Stratified Screening for Breast Cancer: A Life-Table Model.

    • [Additional non-contraceptive effects of contraception: CNGOF Contraception Guidelines].
    • Amat L, Bulach A, Leclercq M, Mesrine S, Scheffler F, Sperandeo D, Scheffler M.
    • Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2018 Dec;46(12):883-888. doi: 10.1016/j.gofs.2018.10.013. Epub 2018 Nov 7.
    • Review, [Article in French]
    • Cost-effectiveness and Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Stratified Screening for Breast Cancer: A Life-Table Model.
    • Pashayan N, Morris S, Gilbert FJ, Pharoah PDP.
    • JAMA Oncol. 2018 Nov 1;4(11):1504-1510. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1901.

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    Implementation Challenges for Risk-Stratified Screening in the Era of Precision Medicine.

    Audio Interview: Cost-effectiveness and Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening. (JAMA Oncology)

    Press: Breast Cancer Screening Only for Women at Higher Risk. (Medscape)

    Letter, Comment:

    Overestimation of the Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Based Mammography Screening in the United Kingdom

    Letter, Reply:

    Overestimation of the Benefit-to-Harm Ratio of Risk-Based Mammography Screening in the United Kingdom—Reply.

    • Breast cancer in transgender patients: A systematic review. Part 1: Male to female.
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    • Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Oct;44(10):1455-1462. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.06.035. Epub 2018 Jul 25.
    • Review
    • Cost-effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of cancer risk management strategies in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: a systematic review.
    • Petelin L, Trainer AH, Mitchell G, Liew D, James PA.
    • Genet Med. 2018 Oct;20(10):1145-1156. doi: 10.1038/gim.2017.255. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
    • Review
    • Successful Repatriation of Breast Cancer Surveillance for High-Risk Women to the UK National Health Service Breast Screening Programme.
    • McVeigh TP, Wiggins J, Ward S, Kemp Z, George AJ.
    • Clin Breast Cancer. 2018 Aug;18(4):282-288. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2017.10.015. Epub 2017 Oct 28.
    • Complex Medical Decision-Making for a Trans-Feminine Youth with a BRCA1 Mutation.
    • Wolf-Gould CS, Riley MR, Carswell JM.
    • LGBT Health. 2018 May/Jun;5(4):221-225. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0149.
    • Case report
    • A Trans-Feminine Youth with a BRCA1 Mutation: Case Study.
    • Wolf-Gould CS, Riley MR, Carswell JM.
    • LGBT Health. 2018 May/Jun;5(4):270-272. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0148. Epub 2018 May 11.
    • Letter, Case report
    • A Two-Phase Approach to Developing SNAP: an iPhone Application to Support Appointment Scheduling and Management for Women with a BRCA Mutation.
    • Scherr CL, Feuston JL, Nixon DM, Cohen SA.
    • J Genet Couns. 2018 Apr;27(2):439-445. doi: 10.1007/s10897-018-0222-z. Epub 2018 Feb 8.
    • An iPhone Application Intervention to Promote Surveillance Among Women with a BRCA Mutation: Pre-intervention Data.
    • Cohen SA, Scherr CL, Nixon DM.
    • J Genet Couns. 2018 Apr;27(2):446-456. doi: 10.1007/s10897-018-0224-x. Epub 2018 Feb 10.
    • Cost-effectiveness of surveillance and prevention strategies in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
    • Yamauchi H, Nakagawa C, Kobayashi M, Kobayashi Y, Mano T, Nakamura S, Arai M.
    • Breast Cancer. 2018 Mar;25(2):141-150. doi: 10.1007/s12282-017-0803-y. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
    • A15 Blood cadmium (Cd) level as a marker of cancer risk in BRCA1 (+) prospective cohort study.
    • Marciniak W, Derkacz R, Baszuk P, Kuświk M, Kaczmarek K, Muszyńska M, Lener M, Huzarski T, Gronwald J, Oszurek O, Tołoczko-Grabarek A, Cybulski C, Dębniak T, Morawski A, Jakubowska A, Lubiński J.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2018 Feb 28;16(Suppl 1):A15. Meeting abstracts from Clinical Genetics of Cancer 2017; Szczecin, Poland. 21-22 September 2017. doi: 10.1186/s13053-018-0087-z.
    • Conference abstract
    • A16 Arsenic as a marker of cancer risk.
    • Derkacz R, Marciniak W, Baszuk P, Kuświk M, Kaczmarek K, Muszyńska M, Lener M, Huzarski T, Gronwald J, Oszurek O, Tołoczko-Grabarek A, Cybulski C, Dębniak T, Morawski A, Jakubowska A, Lubiński J.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2018 Feb 28;16(Suppl 1):A16. Meeting abstracts from Clinical Genetics of Cancer 2017; Szczecin, Poland. 21-22 September 2017. doi: 10.1186/s13053-018-0087-z.
    • Conference abstract
    • A single visit multidisciplinary model for managing patients with mutations in moderate and high-risk genes in a community practice setting.
    • O'Leary MP, Goldner BS, Abboy S, Mercado PD, Plurad HY.
    • Fam Cancer. 2018 Jan;17(1):175-178. doi: 10.1007/s10689-017-0010-1.
    • Prophylaxis of hereditary breast cancer.
    • de Groot JS, van Diest PJ, Derksen PWB.
    • Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Dec 8;9(12):2453-2454. doi: 10.18632/aging.101342.
    • Primary Immunoprevention of Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma by Vaccination against the Extracellular Domain of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Receptor II.
    • Mazumder S, Johnson JM, Swank V, Dvorina N, Martelli E, Ko J, Tuohy VK.
    • Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017 Nov;10(11):612-624. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-17-0154.

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    Targeting "Retired Antigens" for Cancer Immunoprevention.

    • [Entitlement to prophylactic treatment in cases of genetic predisposition for breast cancer : Interdisciplinary perspectives].
    • Meier F, Ried J, Harney A, Rhiem K, Neusser S, Neumann A, Wasem J, Schmutzler R, Huster S, Dabrock P.
    • Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2017 Oct;60(10):1102-1108. doi: 10.1007/s00103-017-2608-8.
    • Review, [Article in German]
    • Hereditary gynaecologic cancers in Nepal: a proposed model of care to serve high risk populations in developing countries.
    • Pokharel HP, Hacker NF, Andrews L.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2017 Sep 18;15:12. doi: 10.1186/s13053-017-0072-y. eCollection 2017.
    • ['Healthy sick' or: How Genetic Risks Lever the Disease Concept of the Healthcare System].
    • Meier F, Ried J, Braun M, Dabrock P.
    • Gesundheitswesen. 2017 Aug;79(8-09):594-598. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-109862. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
    • English Abstract, [Article in German]
    • Genetic testing and counseling of a recipient after bone marrow transplant from a sibling harboring a germline BRCA1 pathogenic mutation.
    • Škerl P, Krajc M, Blatnik A, Novaković S.
    • Oncol Rep. 2017 Jul;38(1):279-282. doi: 10.3892/or.2017.5703. Epub 2017 Jun 6.
    • Case report
    • "The Absence Doubled?" Photo-Poetic Narratives of Prophylactic Mastectomy.
    • Bolaki S.
    • Lit Med. [2017 Spring;]35(1):1-26. doi: 10.1353/lm.2017.0000.
    • Commentary
    • Male transgender breast cancer patient shares his experience in NYT piece.
    • Lisa Rezende, Julie Huynh
    • FORCE. XRAYS. 2016 Dec 21.
    • Usefulness of Canadian Public Health Insurance Administrative Databases to Assess Breast and Ovarian Cancer Screening Imaging Technologies for BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers.
    • Larouche G, Chiquette J, Plante M, Pelletier S, Simard J, Dorval M.
    • Can Assoc Radiol J. 2016 Nov;67(4):308-312. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2015.12.003. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
    • A Dedicated Follow-Up Clinic for BRCA Mutation Carriers.
    • Yerushalmi R, Rizel S, Zoref D, Sharon E, Eitan R, Sabah G, Grubstein A, Rafson Y, Cohen M, Magen A, Birenboim I, Margel D, Ozlavo R, Sulkes A, Brenner B, Perry S.
    • Isr Med Assoc J. 2016 Sep;18(9):549-552.

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    Editorial:

    Handling Individuals with High Cancer Risk: One Size Doesn't Fit All.

    • [Multidisciplinary team meetings settings on the management of women at high risk of inherited breast cancer. A French study].
    • Gillmann F, Cordier C, Taris N, Mathelin C, Maugard CM.
    • Bull Cancer. 2016 Jun;103(6):571-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2016.03.006. Epub 2016 May 11.
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    • Addressing inherited predisposition for breast cancer in transplant recipients.
    • Yang RL, Kurian AW, Winton LM, Weill D, Patel K, Kingham K, Wapnir IL.
    • J Surg Oncol. 2016 May;113(6):605-8. doi: 10.1002/jso.24193. Epub 2016 Feb 10.
    • Case report, Review
    • The Management of Breast Cancer Detected by Reduction Mammaplasty.
    • Carlson GW.
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    Is there really an increased risk of early colorectal cancer in women with BRCA1 pathogenic mutations?

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