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Consortium for Women's Health Equality
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing
Addressing the Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities Gap
Advances in the Testing for Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane
Better For Women Series
Cervical Cancer Screening: Protecting and Improving Health Outcomes of Women
Combination Regimen of Estradiol and Progesterone
Endometriosis
Enhanced Recovery for Cesarean Deliveries in the United States: Perspectives From the Front Lines – Part 1
Enhanced Recovery for Cesarean Deliveries in the United States: Perspectives From the Front Lines – Part 2
Long-Lasting, Reversible Contraception
Management of Uterine Fibroids
Menopause
Mycoplasma Genitalium Infections
The only FDA approved combination regimen of estradiol and progesterone
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What drives prophylactic mastectomy?

December 6, 2012

Fear-not clinical indications-may be the driving force in women's decision-making about contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM). That is the surprising conclusion from a population-based study presented by investigators from Michigan at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Symposium in San Diego.