Table 1

Participants' characteristics

SurgeryScreening
(n=23)Range%(n=26)Range%
Demographic characteristics
Mean age44.432–62—36.528–50—
Mean age at surgery38.831–45————
Mean time since surgery (y)5.50.5–25————
Single0——4—15
Married/living as married21—9114—54
Divorced/separated2—98—31
Women with children23—10019—73
Pregnant0——1—4
Family history of ovarian and breast cancer
Maternal family history20—8720—77
Paternal family history1—45—19
Maternal + paternal family history2—91—4
Total number of affected relatives982–8—971–91-150 —
Mean number of affected relatives4.3——4.0——
Women with affected 1st degree relatives21—9118—69
Women with affected 2nd degree relatives19—8323—88
Personal history of breast cancer———4—15
Cancer risk management history
Cancer genetic counselling pre-surgery6—2619—73
Cancer genetic counselling post-surgery5—22———
Ovarian screening pre-surgery16—70261-151 —96
Ovarian screening post-surgery3—13———
Surgical procedures 1-152
BSO + hysterectomy16—70———
BSO only71-153 —30———
BRCA1/2 mutation status
Mutation search initiated in family3—1312—44
Mutation positive1—41—4
Mutation negative1—4———

  • ↵1-150 Women with only one affected relative were themselves affected with breast cancer.

  • ↵1-151 One woman had ceased screening and another was about to start screening.

  • ↵1-152 In five cases, oophorectomy was performed following abnormal screening results/during an exploratory operation.

  • ↵1-153 Four women had previously undergone therapeutic hysterectomy.