Association of Risk-Reducing Surgery in <emph type="ital">BRCA1</emph> or <emph type="ital">BRCA2</emph> Mutation Carriers With Cancer Risk and Mortality

Among a cohort of women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, the use of risk-reducing mastectomy was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer; risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy was associated with a lower risk of ovarian cancer, first diagnosis of breast cancer, all-cause mortality, breast cancer-specific mortality, and ovarian cancer-specific mortality.