Table 4.

Recommendations for BRCA1 Carriers

Recommendations	% of Physicians (N = 611)
Surveillance recommendations for 35-year-old woman with BRCA1 mutation who desires no prophylactic surgery. Recommend … *
Monthly breast self-examination	95.6
Clinical breast examination every 6-12 months	74.3
Mammogram every 6-12 months	95.3
Pelvic examination every 6-12 months	95.9
Pelvic ultrasound every 6-12 months	84.6
CA-125 testing every 6-12 months	74.0
Recommend surveillance breast MRI …
No	34.7
Every 6 months	5.7
Yearly	51.7
Missing	7.9
38-year-old woman with BRCA1 mutation who has completed childbearing
Recommend bilateral prophylactic mastectomy	61.4
Recommend bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy	84.9
38-year-old woman with BRCA1 mutation who has completed childbearing and underwent bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy with hysterectomy
Recommend estrogen	6.6
Recommend tamoxifen	71.2
Recommend raloxifene	33.7

Abbreviation: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

^*Time intervals for testing were categorized based on recommendations in published articles and American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations.