Earlier decisions on breast and ovarian surgery reduce cancer in women at high risk

Helen Saul; Deniz Gursul; Samantha Cassidy; Gareth Evans

doi:10.1136/bmj.o258

Earlier decisions on breast and ovarian surgery reduce cancer in women at high risk

BMJ. 2022 Feb 15:376:o258. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o258.

Authors

Helen Saul¹, Deniz Gursul¹, Samantha Cassidy¹, Gareth Evans²

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK.
² University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 35168943
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o258

Abstract

The studyMarcinkute R, Woodward ER, Gandhi A, et al. Uptake and efficacy of bilateral risk reducing surgery in unaffected female BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. J Med Genet 2021;0:1-8.To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/earlier-decisions-breast-ovarian-surgery-reduce-risk-cancer/.

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MeSH terms

Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2*
Heterozygote
Humans
Mutation
Ovarian Neoplasms* / genetics