Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors
Researchers from Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Department of Medical Genetics report on findings in ovarian cancer risk factors
Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, March 11th, 2010
Fresh data on ovarian cancer are presented in the report 'Survival in women with MMR mutations and ovarian cancer: a multicentre study in Lynch syndrome kindreds.' "Women with a germline mutation in one of the MMR genes MLH1, MSH2 or MSH6 reportedly have 4-12% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer, but there is limited knowledge on survival. Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (PBSO) has been suggested for preventing this condition," researchers in Oslo, Norway report.
"The purpose of this retrospective multicentre study was to describe survival in carriers of pathogenic mutations in one of the MMR genes, and who had contracted ovarian cancer. Women who had ovarian...
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