20%
Up to 1 in 5 women with the most common form of ovarian cancer have an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes
40%
Inheritance of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation increases your lifetime risk of ovarian cancer from less than 2% to up to 40%
80%
At least 80% of women diagnosed with the most common form of ovarian cancer will die of their disease
90%
Risk-reducing surgery is greater than 90% effective at preventing ovarian cancer in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
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