Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy & surgical menopause for inherited risks of cancer: the need to identify biomarkers to assess the theoretical risk of premature coronary artery disease

Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy & surgical menopause for inherited risks of cancer: the need to identify biomarkers to assess the theoretical risk of premature coronary artery disease

Abstract Background Some women with genetic risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer (e.g., BRCA1/2) opt to undergo prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy (PSO, or surgical removal of the ovaries & fallopian tubes) in order to reduce their risk of cancer. As a consequence, these women experience “surgic...

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Main Authors: Zarah Batulan, Nadia Maarouf, Vipul Shrivastava, Edward O’Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Women's Midlife Health
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular risk factors
Coronary artery disease
Estrogen
Heat shock protein 27
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40695-018-0037-y

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