Hormone Replacement Therapy Appears to Be Safe After Prophylactic Adnexectomy in Premenopausal BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Carriers. Reaction to the 'Letter to readers' in Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 2005, 3 (2)
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In writing the letter to readers of our journal three months ago I was asking about opinions concerning the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in BRCA1/2 carriers after prophylactic adnexectomy, because at that time it was practically impossible to present evidence-based recommendations. Actually, most of the responses we have received have been opinions. It is important to recognise that the situation is now much clearer with studies performed by Tim Rebbeck et al which are to be published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The following responses have been received:
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