The risk reductions suggested by studies examining the value of prophylactic surgery for the prevention of breast and ovarian cancer in high-risk women may be over- or underestimated because of ...

PURPOSE: To review the published literature on the efficacy and adverse effects of prophylactic mastectomy (PM) and prophylactic oophorectomy (PO) in women with a hereditary predisposition to breast ...

False-Positive Circulating Tumor DNA Results Do Not Explain Lack of Efficacy for PARP Inhibitors in Patients With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Harboring ATM and CHEK2 Mutations The following ...

Barcelona, Spain: Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer believe the risk of the disease occurring in their unaffected breast is as much as ten times higher than it actually is. As a result, ...

Men are opting for preventive breast surgery when diagnosed with unilateral invasive disease, a study published in JAMA Surgery has found. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) is a procedure ...

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"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

Prophylactic medication after ileocaecal resection in patients with Crohn's disease reduces long-term rates of severe endoscopic recurrence and endoscopic or radiologic recurrence, serving as a ...

(HealthDay News) — Utilization patterns indicate that antimicrobial prophylaxis is overused for urological surgeries in the community practice setting, according to research published in the February ...