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Differences in age at diagnosis of ovarian cancer for each BRCA mutation type in Japan: optimal timing to carry out risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
Journal of gynecologic oncology - 1 Jul 2022
Sekine Masayuki, Enomoto Takayuki, Arai Masami, Den Hiroki, Nomura Hiroyuki, Ikeuchi Takeshi, Nakamura Seigo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are recommended to undergo risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) by age 40 and 45, respectively. However, the carriers have a different way of thinking about their life plan. We aimed to investigate the distribution of age at diagnosis of ovarian cancer (OC) patients to examine the optimal timing of RRSO in the carriers. METHODS: We examined a correlation between...
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