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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2010 Sep 1;304(9):967–975. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1237

Table 4b.

Risk-Reducing Oophorectomy (RRSO) and Breast Cancer-Specific Mortality*

All eligible women No breast cancer prior** Breast cancer prior***
All BRCA1 BRCA2 All BRCA1 BRCA2 All BRCA1 BRCA2
Total
Participants
2,407 1536 871 1,414 902 512 995 636 359
RRSO (
“Exposed”)
983 697 286 441 321 120 448 314 134
N (%) Post-
RRSO
deaths
21 (2%) 16 (2%) 5 (2%) 2 (0.5%) 2 (1%) 0 16 (4%) 11 (4%) 5 (4%)
No RRSO (
“Controls”)
1,424 839 585 973 581 392 547 322 225
N (%)
Controls
deaths
81 (6%) 51 (6%) 30 (5%) 22 (2%) 16 (3%) 6 (2%) 63 (12%) 39 (12%) 34 (11%)
Mean Age
at RRSO
(Yrs)
45.3 (20.5-
75.2)
44.4
(20.5-75.2)
47.5
(30.4-72.9)
43.2
(20.5-73.9)
42.0
(20.5-73.9)
46.4
(32.9-68.5)
47.6
(29.7-75.2)
47.0
(29.7-75.2)
49.1
(30.4-72.9)
Mean Start
Age (Yrs, for
Controls)
39.3 (18.1-
87.6)
38.0
(18.2-87.6)
41.2
(18.1-82.7)
35.8
(18.1-87.6)
34.5
(18.2-87.6)
37.8
(18.1-82.7)
45.1
(21.9-86.2)
2.9
(0.6-10.2)
4.7
(0.5-13.3)
Mean FU to
death (Yrs)
4.6 (0.5-
21.4)
4.1
(0.6-21.4)
5.4
(0.5-27.9)
8.6
(1.6-21.4)
8.5
(1.6-21.4)
8.8
(2.8-18.3)
3.6
(0.5-13.3)
2.9
(0.6-10.2)
4.7
(0.5-13.3)
Mean FU to
Censoring
(Yrs)
5.0
(0.5-27.9)
5.0
(0.5-27.7)
4.9
(0.5-27.9)
5.8
(0.5-27.9)
5.7
(0.5-27.7)
5.9
(0.5-27.9)
4.5
(0.5-24.6)
4.8
(0.5-24.6)
4.1
(0.5-15.4)
HR**** (95%
CI);
0.44 (0.26-
0.76)
0.38
(0.20-0.72)
0.82
(0.30-2.20)
0.27 (0.05-
1.33)
0.30 (0.06-
1.53)
No Deaths 0.35
(0.19-0.67)
0.27
(0.12-0.58)
0.87
(0.32-2.37)
*

Participants censored at the date of last contact.

**

No breast cancer prior to RRSO, or in the controls prior to the start of follow up.

***

Breast cancer allowed prior to RRSO or start of follow up.

****

Adjusted for year of birth and stratified by center;