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prophylactic oophorectomy |
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prophylactic oophorectomy Oncology The excision of the ovaries in a ♀ with a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2–associated with a 5–60% lifetime risk of ovarian CA–normal risk is 1.5%–undergoes prophylactic
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