Table 2 Characteristics of women who opted for CPM and women under surveillance

From: Risk reduction of contralateral breast cancer and survival after contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers

Characteristic

CPM group ( N =79)

Surveillance group ( N =69)

P -value

Mutation status, N (%)

  

0.693

BRCA1

60 (75.9)

55 (79.7)

 

BRCA2

19 (24.1)

14 (20.3)

 

Age at mutation analysis (years)

 Mean±s.e.

41.5±0.9

46.7±1.1

<0.001

 Range

27–61

26–76

 

Age at CPM (years)

 Mean±s.e.

41.9±0.9

NA

 

 Range

27–61

NA

 

Bilateral (salpingo-)oophorectomy, N (%)

63 (79.7)

46 (66.7)

0.092

 Indication

   

Prophylactic

61 (96.8)

39 (84.8)

0.009a

Ovarian carcinoma

2 (3.2)

4 (8.7)

 

Metastasis breast cancer in ovary

— (0.0)

1 (2.2)

 

Adjuvant treatment first breast cancer

— (0.0)

1 (2.2)

 

Radiologic castration

— (0.0)

1 (2.2)

 

Age at bilateral prophylactic (salpingo-)oophorectomy (years)

 Mean±s.e.

43.3±0.8

47.1±1.2

0.009

 Range

30–60

35–64

 

Ipsilateral mastectomy (before or at the start of follow-up)

79 (100)

34 (49.3)

<0.001

  1. CPM=contralateral prophylactic mastectomy; s.e.=standard error of the mean; NA=not applicable.
  2. aComparing prophylactic only.