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The risk of primary and contralateral breast cancer after ovarian cancer in BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers: Implications for counseling

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Vencken, Peggy M. L. H., Kriege, Mieke, Hooning, Maartje, Menke‐Pluymers, Marian B., Heemskerk‐Gerritsen, Bernadette A. M., van Doorn, Lena C., Collée, Margriet M., Jager, Agnes +3 more·2013·Cancer

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BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of primary breast cancer (PBC) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) in patients who had BRCA1/BRCA2‐associated epithelial ovarian cancer (OC). METHODS: From the database of the Rotterdam Family Cancer Clinic, patients who had BRCA‐associated OC without a history of unilateral breast cancer (BC) (at risk of PBC; n = 79) or with a history of unilateral BC (at risk of CBC; n = 37) were selected. The control groups consisted of unaffected BRCA mutation carriers (n = 351) or mutation carriers who had a previous unilateral BC (n = 294), respectively. The risks of PBC and CBC were calculated using the Kaplan‐Meier survival method with death considered as a competing risk event. RESULTS: Women with BRCA‐associated OC had lower 2‐year, 5‐year, and 10‐year risks of PBC (3%, 6%, and 11%, respectively) compared with unaffected mutation carriers (6%, 16%, and 28%, respectively; P = .03), although they had a considerably higher mortality rate at similar time points (13%, 33%, and 61%, respectively, vs 1%, 2%, and 2%, respectively; P < .001). In BRCA mutation carriers with a previous unilateral BC, the 2‐year, 5‐year, and 10‐year risks of CBC were nonsignificantly lower in patients with OC than in those without OC (0%, 7%, and 7%, respectively, vs 6%, 16%, and 34%, respectively; P = .06), whereas the mortality rate was higher in patients with OC (19%, 34%, and 55%, respectively, vs 4%, 11%, and 21%, respectively; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with BRCA‐associated OC had a lower risk of developing a subsequent PBC or CBC than mutation carriers without OC, whereas the risk of dying from OC was greater than the risk of developing BC. These data may facilitate more tailored counseling for this patient subgroup, although confirmative studies are warranted. Cancer 2013. © 2012 American Cancer Society.

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Vencken, P. M. L. H., Kriege, M., Hooning, M., Menke‐Pluymers, M. B., Heemskerk‐Gerritsen, B. A. M., van Doorn, L. C., Collée, M. M., Jager, A., van Montfort, C., Burger, C. W., & Seynaeve, C.
Affiliations
Erasmus MC (NL)
Venue
Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-11-16
Volume
119
Issue
5
Pages
955-962
ISSN
  • 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0142
OpenAlex
W1540810425
Cited by
40
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43
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FWCI
1.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Risks and Factors
Keywords
BRCA1 mutation carriers, BRCA2 mutation carriers, epithelial ovarian cancer, primary breast cancer, contralateral breast cancer, cancer risk, competing risks, cancer mortality, hereditary cancer predisposition, genetic counseling
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Breast Neoplasms, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Genetic Counseling, Heterozygote, Humans, Infant, Middle Aged, Mutation, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary, Ovarian Neoplasms, Risk, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Young Adult

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