1. Australian Prescriber - Managing healthy women at risk of breast cancer
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2. Menopause Resources 12
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3. Breast Cancer Article - Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening
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http://www.cancer-article ...ncer-article-601.html

4. Publications - 2003
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http://www.med.monash.edu ...cations/pubs2003.html

5. Newsletter #81—Genes, Jews and Breast Cancer—What Gives?
... Vigilance might assure early detection, but that ... in its inducing menopause. Ilana Lwy, a ... with Common BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in Ashkenazi ... Daniel Haber, Prophylactic Oophorectomy to Reduce ...
http://www.breastcancerac ...s/Newsletter081A.html

6. Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of Cancer | OncoLink
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7. FAQs
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http://www.ovarianawarenessofky.org/faqs.aspx

8. Cancer Spectrum: Metcalfe et al., pp. 1564-1569.
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9. Identifying and Testing for Hereditary Susceptibility to Common Cancers -- S...
... Enhanced surveillance is recommended to promote early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in women ... ... screening women who test positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. Current recommendations come from ...
http://caonline.amcancers ...content/full/54/6/309

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11. Oncology Nursing Society.
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http://www.ons.org/public ...33/issue2/3302217.asp

12. Ovarian cancer - HealthWorld Online
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http://www.healthy.net/li ...ons/ovariancancer.asp

13. Ovarian Cancer And Peritoneal Carcinomatosis | Information on Ovarian Cancer...
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14. NEJM -- Prophylactic Oophorectomy in Carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations
... of Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy Versus ... 2005). Fertility- and Menopause-Related Information ... With a Diagnosis of Early Breast Cancer. J Clin ... Ducts in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers and ...
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15. Genetic Testing and Risk Assessment
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http://www.ovariancancerc .../assessment/index.cfm

16. APPENDIX III: Risk Measurement and Assessment: Breast and Ovarian Cancer
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17. National Cancer Institute : Plans & Priorities for Cancer Research
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http://plan2004.cancer.gov/highlights.htm

18. http://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/Public/ArticlePromoted.aspx?Article...
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19. National Cancer Institute - Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
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20. ACS :: Can Ovarian Cancer Be Prevented?
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http://www.cancer.org/doc ...r_be_prevented_33.asp

21. ncn
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22. Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening - August 1, 2000 - American Family Phy...
... susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. 5 Hereditary breast cancer ... possible prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy. A woman who ... history Early menarche, before age 12 Late menopause, after age ...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000801/596.html

23. Guideline 75 Section 2: Screening and the role of prophylactic oophorectomy
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http://www.sign.ac.uk/gui ...text/75/section2.html

24. Risk Management: Mastectomy
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http://www.brca.com/risk_ ...ement/mastectomy.html

25. CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF GENETIC EVALUATION & GENETIC COUNSELING
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26. Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: Itís Your Choice
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http://www.ufaqs.com/canc ...Itís Your Choice.htm

27. Home Page
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http://www.clarkbrittain.yourmd.com/