Breast cancer diagnosed after age 70 years in Israeli BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variant carriers: a single institution experience.

Hila BufmanRenata FaermannOsnat Halshtok-NeimanAnat ShalmonMichael GotliebDavid SamoochaYael YagilDana Madorsky FeldmanEitan FriedmanMiri Sklair-Levy

Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2024)

In ~10% of BRCA1/BRCA2 PSV carriers BC is diagnosed by breast imaging after age 70 years. If these results are validated in a larger study, the guidelines for the maximum age for BC surveillance in high risk women should be revisited and set at 75 years.

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