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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 11;26(8):1331–1337. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.9626

Table 4.

Hazard Ratio for the Development of BRCA-Associated Breast Cancer After RRSO

Mutation No. of Patients No. of Women Electing RRSO Mean FU (months) No. of Breast Cancers After RRSO No. of Women Electing Surveillance Mean FU (months) No. of Breast Cancers During Surveillance Hazard Ratio 95% CI P
BRCA1 and BRCA2 597 303 36.4 19 294 33.2 28 0.53 0.29 to 0.96 .036
BRCA1 368 190 36.3 15 178 34.0 19 0.61 0.30 to 1.22 .16
BRCA2 229 113 36.6 4 116 31.9 9 0.28 0.08 to 0.92 .036

Abbreviations: RRSO, risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy; FU, follow-up.