Found this on infobeat tonight
>*** Preventive breast surgery should work, model shows
>
>Preemptive surgery to prevent breast and ovarian cancer in women who
>have high genetic risk should work based on computer projections,
>researchers said Friday. But while it should save lives, the surgery
>may not be worth it because quality of life plummets, they said. Ever
>since the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were identified, doctors have
>wondered whether it would be worth taking preventive action in women
>who have mutations known to lead to breast or ovarian cancer.
>Researchers did a computer model to see if preventive surgery could
>save the lives of women with a high genetic risk of cancer. See
>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2553225942-f01