The prevalence of occult ovarian cancer in the series of 155 consequently operated high risk asymptomatic patients – Slovenian population based study

Abstract

We assessed the prevalence, localization, type and outcome of occult cancer at risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy or salpingectomy (RRSO) in asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic or likely pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants and high-risk BRCA1/2 negative women.

Keywords

• risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (rrso)
• occult serous cancer
• serous tubal intraepithelial cancer (stic)
• brca1/2 pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant