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During a preventation total/simple mastectomy, do i need some sort of documentation to prove cancer in my family?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

Not sure I..: ...Understand your question. If you are having a risk reduction mastectomy, i would assume you have a mutation in brca or other high risk gene, a very strong family history, or some other risk factor that elevates your risk to a point where surgery is justifiable. I would assume this decision was approved by the surgeon after a thorough risk assessment and that should be documentation enough. Of..

Answered 1/24/2014

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