"Prophylactic Mastectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal of one or both breasts to prevent or reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in persons who may be predisposed.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072036
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.466.911 E04.625.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Prophylactic Mastectomy- Prophylactic Mastectomy
- Mastectomies, Prophylactic
- Mastectomy, Prophylactic
- Prophylactic Mastectomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prophylactic Mastectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy among Women with Pathogenic Variants in BRCA1/2: Overall Survival, Racial, and Ethnic Differences. Breast J. 2022; 2022:1447545.
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Clinical management among individuals with variant of uncertain significance in hereditary cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Genet. 2021 08; 100(2):119-131.
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Complications of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: Do They Delay Adjuvant Therapy? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 11; 146(5):945-953.
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Financial toxicity and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: an analysis using propensity score methods. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Oct; 183(3):649-659.
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Discussions about contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among surgical oncology providers and women with sporadic breast cancer: a content analysis. Transl Behav Med. 2020 05 20; 10(2):347-354.
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Who should get a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer? Cancer. 2019 05 01; 125(9):1400-1403.
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Prospective Study of Psychosocial Outcomes of Having Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Women With Nonhereditary Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2018 09 01; 36(25):2630-2638.
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Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy rate and predictive factors among patients with breast cancer who underwent multigene panel testing for hereditary cancer. Cancer Med. 2018 06; 7(6):2718-2726.
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Validation of a personalized risk prediction model for contralateral breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jul; 170(2):415-423.
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BRCA mutation genetic testing implications in the United States. Breast. 2017 Feb; 31:224-232.