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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Feb 4;129(2):364–371. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.01.029

Table 1:

Characteristics of Unsuspected Invasive Neoplastic Lesions of the Ovary and Fallopian Tube Found On Pathological Examination Of 15 BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers Undergoing Prophylactic RRSO

Center Patient Age RRSO BRCA1/2 Mutation CA125 USS Site of Lesion Cytology Path: 2–4mm Complete Staging including nodes Invasive stage 1ry Disease CXT Cycles Recurrence Presentation Site of Recurrence DFI Status OS
OV FT
1 1 50 BRCA1 12 NR negative cuts No Yes 2c C/T 6 Yes Routine CT Liver metastases 34 DECEASED 57
2 59 BRCA1 10 NR negative Yes Yes 1c C/T 6 0 86 DECEASED 86
3 52 BRCA1 ND 3cm simple cyst positive Yes Yes 3c RT 0 NED 148
4 48 BRCA1 ND ND negative Yes Yes 2c C/T 3 Yes Patient noted mass Isolated groin mass 29 AWD 105
5 43 BRCA1 54 2 cm cyst positive Yes No 2c C/T 6 0 NED 77
2 6 50 BRCA2 12 7cm L cyst1 negative Yes No 1a C/T 3 0 NED 172
7 53 BRCA2 7 NAD negative Yes Yes 1a C/T 6 0 NED 88
8 52 BRCA1 9 NAD positive Yes Yes 1c C/T 6 0 NAD 101
9 49 BRCA1 8 1.5 cm L 1.4 cm R cyst negative Yes No 1a NT Yes Serial Ca125 elevated Omental deposits 83 AWD 143
10 44 BRCA1 17 2.3 cm L cyst positive Yes Yes 3c C/T 6 0 NED 45
3 11 63 BRCA1 5 NAD positive Yes No 1c2 C/T 6 Yes Serial Ca125 elevated Pelvis 17 DECEASED 150
12 49 BRCA1 8503 NAD positive Yes Yes 3c C/T/LD 6 Yes Serial Ca125 elevated Unknown 31 DECEASED 121
13 39 BRCA1 4 NAD negative Yes No 1a C/T 6 Yes Bloating, early satiety, nausea Peritoneal secondaries, positive nodes and ascites 47 AWD 71
14 50 BRCA1 27 Questionable solid lesion L ovary negative Yes Yes 1a C/T 6 Yes Serial Ca125 elevated Isolated periaortic lymph node 24 NED 66
15 39 BRCA1 15 ND negative Yes Yes4 1a C/T 3 0 NED 59

Key: RRSO risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy NAD no abnormality detected NR no record ND not done CXT chemotherapy C carboplatin T taxane NT not treated DFI disease free interval [months] OS overall survival [months] AWD alive with disease NED no evidence of disease ND not done Path: Yes = entire fallopian tubes and ovaries submitted for 2–4 millimeter cross-sectional cuts of specimen, No: entire tubes were submitted but 8 slides were performed on left and 4 on right, with no note of microsectioning.

1

Neoplasia on opposite side from ultrasound finding

2

Staged after 3 cycles of CXT

3

CA125 result obtained day after RRSO

4

Staged after 3 cycles of CXT