Survival in women with MMR mutations and ovarian cancer: a multicentre study in Lynch syndrome kindreds

Eli Marie Grindedal, Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo, Hans F. A. Vasen, D. Gareth Evans, Paola Sala, Ignacio Blanco, J. Gronwald, Jaran Apold, Diana Eccles, Ángel Alonso,

Journal of Medical Genetics · 2009 · 74 citations · 11 references

Abstract

In the series examined, infiltrating ovarian cancer in Lynch syndrome had a better prognosis than infiltrating ovarian cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers or in the general population. Lifetime risk of ovarian cancer of about 10% and a risk of dying of ovarian cancer of 20% gave a lifetime risk of dying of ovarian cancer of about 2% in female MMR mutation carriers.

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