title: Potential for bias in studies on efficacy of prophylactic surgery for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hester M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Klaren
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: van't Veer
authors.forename: Flora E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: Matti A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rookus
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D024522:Genes, BRCA2; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate