Abstract:INTRODUCTION:
Ten to 18% of ovarian cancer (OC) can be attributed to a hereditary predisposition. The frequency of pathogenic variants (PVs) among women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) diagnosed at an early age has not been well-described. We present the yield of PVs in women with EOC diagnosed ≤30 years (y) who have undergone genetic testing at a commercial laboratory.
METHODS:
Results for women with OC submitted for multi-gene hereditary cancer p… Show more
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