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. 2004 Jan 20;90(2):333–342. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601525

Table 4. Treatment choice related to breast and ovarian cancer risk at T1 and T2 (for the DA and control groups) or T3 (for the DA_b and DA_a groups).

  DA Control DA_b DA_a
Treatment choice related to bc risk at T1 T1
 Prophylactic mastectomy 61 (35) 53 (31) 17 (37) 8 (20)
 Breast cancer screening 92 (53) 103 (60) 24 (52) 30 (73)
 Undecided 20 (12) 15 (9) 5 (11) 3 (7)
  χ2=1.89; P=0.39 χ2=4.13; P=0.13
         
Treatment choice related to bc risk at T2 T3
 Prophylactic mastectomy 69 (41) 55 (32) 18 (40) 8 (21)
 Breast cancer screening 80 (47) 104 (61) 26 (58) 29 (74)
 Undecided 21 (12) 11 (7) 1 (2) 2 (5)
  χ2=7.84; P=0.02 χ2=3.94; P=0.14
         
Treatment choice related to oc risk at T1 T1
 Prophylactic oophorectomy 112 (66) 105 (62) 27 (61) 21 (51)
 Ovarian cancer screening 36 (21) 44 (26) 10 (23) 15 (37)
 Undecided 21 (13) 20 (12) 7 (16) 5 (12)
  χ2=1.05; P=0.59 χ2=1.98; P=0.37
         
Treatment choice related to oc risk at T2 T3
 Prophylactic oophorectomy 122 (73) 107 (63) 34 (81) 22 (56)
 Ovarian cancer screening 24 (14) 48 (28) 6 (14) 14 (36)
 Undecided 21 (13) 14 (8) 2 (5) 3 (8)
  χ2=10.37; P=0.01 χ2=5.87; P=0.05

bc: breast cancer; oc: ovarian cancer. Values are numbers (percentage) of women.