References for risk-reducing breast surgery section

The information in the risk-reducing breast surgery section is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding risk-reducing breast surgery. This booklet has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Screening with magnetic resonance imaging and mammography of a UK population at high familial risk of breast cancer: a prospective multi-centre cohort study (MARIBS). The Lancet 2005; 365:1769-78. May 21, 2005
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