Article
The effect of personal medical history and family history of cancer on the uptake of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
Familial cancer - 1 Dec 2015
van der Aa Jessica E, Hoogendam Jacob P, Butter Els S F, Ausems Margreet G E M, Verheijen René H M, Zweemer Ronald P
Abstract excerpt
Women with an increased lifetime risk of ovarian cancer are advised to undergo risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) to reduce risk of adnexal cancer. We investigated the uptake of RRSO and evaluated the influence of personal medical history of (breast) cancer, risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and family history of ovarian and/or breast cancer on the RRSO decision. This single center retrospective...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- BRCA1 Protein
- BRCA2 Protein
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Middle Aged
