Our findings support the emerging consensus that genetic predisposition testing for BRCA1/2 does not pose major mental health risks, but our findings also show that the impact of prophylactic surgery on aspects such as body image and sexuality should not be underestimated, and that some women are at risk for high distress, and as a result, need more attentive care.

Compared with sporadic EOC patients, both BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated patients have improved outcomes after primary therapy, including chemotherapy.

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Objective-To compare the accuracy of cancer progression prediction of the molecular-genetics and morphometry-based Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia (EIN) and the WHO-94 classification schemes in endometrial hyperplasias.Study Design-A multicenter multivariate analysis of 477 endometria, with a required 1 year minimum cancer-free interval from the index biopsy (1-18 years follow-up). Comparison with 197 patients with <1 year follow-up.Results-24/477 (5.0%) hyperplasias progressed to cancer over an average of 4 years (10 yrs maximum). According to WHO94, 16/123 (13%) atypical and 8/354 (2.3%) non-atypical hyperplasias progressed (Hazard ratio=HR=7). 22/118 (19%) of EINs and 2/359 (0.6%) of non-EINs progressed (HR=45). EIN was prognostic within each WHO94 subcategory. Progression rates in simple (SH), complex (CH), simple atypical (SAH), and complex atypical (CAH) hyperplasias with EIN were 3, 22, 17 and 38% respectively, contrasting with 0.0-2.0% if EIN was absent. EIN detected precancer (sensitivity 92%) better than WHO94 atypical hyperplasias collectively (67%) or CAH alone (46%). With Cox regression EIN was the strongest prognostic index of future endometrial cancer. The same holds for patients with <1 year follow-up (HR for EIN, Atypia and CAH 58, 7 and 8 respectively). Conclusions-The