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Pathologic findings and clinical outcomes in women undergoing risk-reducing surgery to prevent ovarian and fallopian tube carcinoma: A large prospective single institution experience.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 May 2020
Rush Shannon K, Swisher Elizabeth M, Garcia Rochelle L, Pennington Kathryn P, Agnew Kathy J, Kilgore Mark R, Norquist Barbara M
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OBJECTIVES: Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is recommended for women at increased risk of ovarian, fallopian tube (FT), and peritoneal carcinoma (collectively OC). We describe rates of occult neoplasia in the largest single-institution prospective cohort of women undergoing RRSO, including those with mutations in non-BRCA homologous repair (HRR) genes. METHODS: Participants undergoing RRSO enrolled in...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- BRCA2 Protein
- Cohort Studies
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms
- Fallopian Tubes
- Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group N Protein
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
