Table 1.
Characteristics of BRCA mutation carriers eligible for prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy (n = 88)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age at testing, median (range) | 42 (23–71) |
| Under 40 years | 37 (42) |
| 40 or older | 51 (58) |
| Mutation status | |
| BRCA1 | 62 (70) |
| BRCA2 | 26 (30) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 78 (89) |
| Black | 8 (9) |
| Hispanic | 2 (2) |
| Personal history of breast cancer | |
| Yes | 52 (59) |
| No | 36 (41) |
| History of mastectomy | |
| No mastectomy | 42 (48) |
| Treatment mastectomya | 26 (30) |
| Prophylactic mastectomya | 31 (35) |
| No. children | |
| None | 17 (19) |
| One child | 14 (16) |
| 2–3 children | 50 (57) |
| 4 or more children | 7 (8) |
| No. FDRs and SDRs with breast cancer | |
| None | 5 (6) |
| 1–2 | 44 (50) |
| 3–4 | 26 (30) |
| 5 or more | 13 (15) |
| No. FDRs and SDRs with ovarian cancer | |
| None | 35 (40) |
| 1 | 23 (26) |
| 2 | 20 (23) |
| 3 or more | 10 (11) |
a
Women could have had both a treatment and prophylactic mastectomy.
FDR, first degree relative; SDR, second degree relative.