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. 2015 Nov 25:17:143.
doi: 10.1186/s13058-015-0650-8.

Longer term effects of the Angelina Jolie effect: increased risk-reducing mastectomy rates in BRCA carriers and other high-risk women

D Gareth Evans  1   2 , Julie Wisely  3 , Tara Clancy  4 , Fiona Lalloo  5 , Mary Wilson  6 , Richard Johnson  7 , Jonathon Duncan  8 , Lester Barr  9 , Ashu Gandhi  10 , Anthony Howell  11
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Longer term effects of the Angelina Jolie effect: increased risk-reducing mastectomy rates in BRCA carriers and other high-risk women

D Gareth Evans et al. Breast Cancer Res. .
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Number of BRRMs carried out at Wythenshawe and Christie hospitals per 6-month period from 2011 and proportion with mutations in high-risk genes. a January–June, b July–December, red proportion with BRCA1/2/TP53 mutations, BRRM bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy
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