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. 2009 Jan 21;101(2):80–87. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn442

Table 2.

Published studies of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy and cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers*

Study, first author, and year (reference) Ovarian and/or fallopian tube cancer by mutation status
Breast cancer by mutation status
BRCA1/2 BRCA1 BRCA2 BRCA1/2 BRCA1 BRCA2
Rebbeck et al., 1999 (9) NA NA NA NA HR = 0.53 (0.33 to 0.84), N = 122 NA
Kauff et al., 2002 (10) HR = 0.15 (0.02 to 1.31), N = 170 NA NA HR = 0.32 (0.08 to 1.20), N = 131 NA NA
Rebbeck et al., 2002 (8) HR = 0.04 (0.01 to 0.16), N = 551 NA NA HR = 0.47 (0.29 to 0.77), N = 241 NA NA
Rutter et al., 2003 (17) OR = 0.29 (0.12 to 0.73), N = 251 NA NA NA NA NA
Eisen et al., 2005 (15) NA NA NA OR = 0.46 (0.32 to 0.65), N = 3305 OR = 0.44 (0.29 to 0.66), N = 2432 OR = 0.57 (0.28 to 1.15), N = 873
Kramer et al., 2005 (12) NA NA NA NA HR = 0.38 (0.15 to 0.97), N = 98 NA
Domchek et al., 2006 (13) HR = 0.11 (0.03 to 0.47), N = 426 NA NA HR = 0.36 (0.20 to 0.67), N = 426 NA NA
Finch et al., 2006 (11) HR = 0.20 (0.07 to 0.58), N = 1828 NA NA NA NA NA
Chang-Claude et al., 2007 (14) NA NA NA HR = 0.56 (0.29 to 1.09), N = 1601 HR = 0.50 (0.24 to 1.04), N = 1187 HR = 0.40 (0.07 to 2.44), N = 414
Kauff et al., 2008 (16) HR = 0.12 (0.03 to 0.41), N = 792 HR = 0.15 (0.04 to 0.56), N = 498 HR = 0.00, N = 294 HR = 0.53 (0.29 to 0.96), N = 597 HR = 0.61 (0.30 to 1.22), N = 368 HR = 0.28 (0.08 to 0.92), N = 229
*

Hazard ratios (HRs), odds ratios (ORs) (with 95% confidence intervals), and sample size (N) are presented. All P values are two-sided. NA = not applicable.

Not included in summary HR estimate because the sample set overlaps with that of other reports. Studies included in the summary estimate were chosen to maximize the sample size (power) of the meta-analysis.

No postsurgery events were observed; 95% CI could not be estimated.