Erschienen in:
01.06.2008
To the Editor: The Role of Prophylactic Surgery in Cancer Prevention
verfasst von:
Michael Fatouros, Georgios Baltogiannis
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 6/2008
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Excerpt
In a recent comprehensive review, You, Lakhani, and Wells [
1] report on common hereditary cancer syndromes and the role of prophylactic surgery. The authors propose five rational criteria for prophylactic surgery and conclude that only the type 2 multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes meet these criteria. We have some comments on this. …