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What are the chances of getting ovarian cancer if a person has abnormal changes in BRCA1 or BRCA2?

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What are the chances of getting ovarian cancer if a person has abnormal changes in BRCA1 or BRCA2?

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The estimated risk changes as more research information is published. When BRCA1 was first discovered, the chance of a woman developing breast or ovarian cancer by age 70 if she carried a BRCA1 abnormality was 95%, with an 85% chance of breast cancer and a 60% chance of ovarian cancer.