title: [Preventive contralateral mastectomy despite absence of gene mutation; management and treatment of women with no medical indication].
abstract: Recently, there has been an increase in the rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomies (CPM) as a therapy for breast cancer. The CPM is performed to achieve a reduction in the risk of developing asecond breast cancer. However, evidence is lacking for beneficial survival outcomes after a CPM in patients without a gene mutation, and complications of surgery are inevitable. Currently there are no evidence-based clinical practice guidelines available for clinicians to decide upon the right treatment for patients without a gene mutation. Our hospitals have therefore implemented their own clinical pathway to achieve a comprehensive treatment for this group of patients. In this article we will provide an overview of the existing literature and illustrate our clinical pathway by presenting three patients treated in our hospitals in the last two years.
authors.affiliation: Franciscus Gasthuis en Vlietland, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: T M A L
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Klem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Groen
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Koppert
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Oldenburg
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Vrijland
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D009154:Mutation