prophylactic mastectomy

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Surgical oncology Bilateral mastectomy in a ♀ at high risk–eg, with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and breast CA in 1^st-degree relatives, to ↓ CA risk. See Prophylactic oophorectomy, Radical mastectomy.

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