Risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) for patients at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer led to decreased cancer-related distress, unaffected health-related quality of life, poorer body image after RRM, and decreased sexual function and increased menopause symptoms after RRSO.
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Risk-Reducing Surgery and Quality of Life for Patients with Breast and Ovarian Cancer
September 1, 2023