Cell origins of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

J Kim, EY Park, O Kim, JM Schilder, DM Coffey… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
High-grade serous ovarian cancer, also known as high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC), is
the most common and deadliest type of ovarian cancer. HGSC appears to arise from the …

Two Decades After BRCA: Setting Paradigms in Personalized Cancer Care and Prevention

FJ Couch, KL Nathanson, K Offit - Science, 2014 - science.org
The cloning of the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 nearly two
decades ago helped set in motion an avalanche of research exploring how genomic …

Impact of Oophorectomy on Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Women With a BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation

APM Finch, J Lubinski, P Møller, CF Singer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The purposes of this study were to estimate the reduction in risk of ovarian,
fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation after …

Racial disparities in BRCA testing and cancer risk management across a population‐based sample of young breast cancer survivors

D Cragun, A Weidner, C Lewis, D Bonner, J Kim… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Breast cancer (BC) disparities may widen with genomic advances. The
authors compared non‐Hispanic white (NHW), black, and Hispanic BC survivors for 1) …

International trends in the uptake of cancer risk reduction strategies in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

K Metcalfe, A Eisen, L Senter, S Armel… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation face high risks of breast and ovarian
cancer. In the current study, we report on uptake of cancer screening and risk-reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting uptake and adherence to breast cancer chemoprevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SG Smith, I Sestak, A Forster, A Partridge, L Side… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Preventive therapy is a risk reduction option for women who have an increased
risk of breast cancer. The effectiveness of preventive therapy to reduce breast cancer …

Risk‐reducing mastectomy for the prevention of primary breast cancer

NE Carbine, L Lostumbo, J Wallace… - Cochrane Database of …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Recent progress in understanding the genetic basis of breast cancer and
widely publicized reports of celebrities undergoing risk‐reducing mastectomy (RRM) have …

Uptake, results, and outcomes of germline multiple-gene sequencing after diagnosis of breast cancer

AW Kurian, KC Ward, AS Hamilton, DM Deapen… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Low-cost sequencing of multiple genes is increasingly available for cancer risk
assessment. Little is known about uptake or outcomes of multiple-gene sequencing after …

Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: a meta-analysis on impact on ovarian cancer risk and all cause mortality in BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutation carriers

C Marchetti, F De Felice, I Palaia, G Perniola… - BMC women's …, 2014 - Springer
Background Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are at substantially elevated
risk of developing ovarian cancer. The aim of the meta-analysis is to clarify the role of risk …

Hormone replacement therapy after oophorectomy and breast cancer risk among BRCA1 mutation carriers

J Kotsopoulos, J Gronwald, BY Karlan… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is recommended
forBRCA1mutation carriers to prevent ovarian cancer. Whether or not hormone replacement …