Predictors of Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Compared With Gynecologic Screening Use in <i>BRCA1/2</i> Mutation Carriers

Abstract

Women with lower educational levels, with poorer general health perceptions, who view ovarian cancer as an incurable disease, and who believe more strongly in the benefits of surgery are more likely to undergo PBSO. Clinicians should ensure that high-risk women are well informed about the low predictive value of GS techniques and about the lethal threat posed by ovarian cancer because of its limited curability.