The Prevent Ovarian Cancer Program (POCP): Identification of Women at Risk for Ovarian Cancer Using Complementary Recruitment Approaches. Issue 8 (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tone, Alicia A.; McCuaig, Jeanna M.; Ricker, Nicole; Boghosian, Talin; Romagnuolo, Tina; Stickle, Natalie; Virtanen, Carl; Zhang, Tong; Kim, Raymond H.; Ferguson, Sarah E.; May, Taymaa; Laframboise, Stephane; Armel, Susan; Demsky, Rochelle; Volenik, Alexandra; Stuart-McEwan, Terri; Shaw, Patricia; Oza, Amit; Kamel-Reid, Suzanne; Stockley, Tracy; Bernardini, Marcus Q.
• Is Part Of: Obstetrical & gynecological survey. Volume 76:Issue 8(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 618
• DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000771040.25420.aa
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-7828

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from Gynecol Oncol 2021;162:97–106) High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) accounts for 70% of ovarian cancer cases and is the deadliest subtype of ovarian cancer. Approximately 20% of ovarian cancers are hereditary, and the greatest single risk factor for ovarian cancer is the inheritance of a pathogenic variant (PV) such as BRCA1 or BRCA2 .