ovariectomy

Beyond circulating microRNA biomarkers: urinary microRNAs in ovarian and breast cancer

.Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological
malignancy. Women carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation have a very high lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
The only effective risk-reducing strategy in BRCA-mutated women is a prophylactic surgery with bilateral mastectomy
and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. However, many women are reluctant to undergo these prophylactic surgeries due

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