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Table 1 Chronicle of the genetic tests and risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) for the reported family

From: A family pedigree of malignancies associated with BRCA1 pathogenic variants: a reflection of the state of art in China

Date

Events

January, 2018

The proband (III-7) received a 25-gene panel targeted genetic test and was confirmed as deleterious BRCA1 carrier.

February to March, 2018

Pedigree validation was performed for nine family members (II-5, III-5, 9, 11, 12, IV-2, 3, 4, 5), and seven (II-5, III-5, 9, 11, 12, IV-4, 5) were confirmed as deleterious mutation carriers.

April, 2018

One family member (III-11) was diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma of stage IV. She accepted neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery.

May, 2018

One family member (III-9) accepted RRSO and hysterectomy, and was diagnosed with primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube of Stage IA (lesion size of 0.5 mm). She asked for observation and refused further therapy.