Medical News: BRCA Mutations Also Play Good Role in Ovarian Cancer - in Oncology/Hematology, Ovarian Cancer from MedPage Today

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• A pooled analysis of 26 observational studies found that five-year survival was significantly improved for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer patients carrying BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations compared with noncarriers.



• Note that data on treatment differences among the heterogeneous population were not available, there were missing data, and procedures for screening for the mutations differed among the studies.