Risk-reducing gynecological surgery in lynch syndrome: Results of an international survey from the prospective lynch syndrome database

M Dominguez-Valentin, TT Seppälä, C Engel, S Aretz, F Macrae, I Winship, G Capella, H Thomas, E Hovig, M Nielsen, RH Sijmons, L Bertario, B Bonanni, E J Crosbie, Maria Grazia Tibiletti, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Miriam Mints, Nathan Gluck, Lior Katz, Karl HeinimannCarlos A Vaccaro, Kate Green, Fiona Lalloo, James Hill, Wolff Schmiegel, Deepak Vangala, Claudia Perne, Hans-Georg Strauß, Johanna Tecklenburg, Elke Holinski-Feder, Verena Steinke-Lange, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, John-Paul Plazzer, Marta Pineda, Matilde Navarro, Joan Brunet Vidal, Revital Kariv, Guy Rosner, Tamara Alejandra Piñero, María Laura Gonzalez, Pablo Kalfayan, Julian R Sampson, Neil A. J. Ryan , D Gareth Evans, Pål Møller, Emma Crosbie

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Abstract

Purpose: To survey risk-reducing hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) practice and advice regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women with Lynch syndrome. 

Methods: We conducted a survey in 31 contributing centers from the Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database (PLSD), which incorporates 18 countries worldwide. The survey covered local policies for risk-reducing hysterectomy and BSO in Lynch syndrome, the timing when these measures are offered, the involvement of stakeholders and advice regarding HRT. 

Results: Risk-reducing hysterectomy and BSO are offered to path_MLH1 and path_MSH2 carriers in 20/21 (95%) contributing centers, to path_MSH6 carriers in 19/21 (91%) and to path_PMS2 carriers in 14/21 (67%). Regarding the involvement of stakeholders, there is global agreement (~90%) that risk-reducing surgery should be offered to women, and that this discussion may involve gynecologists, genetic counselors and/or medical geneticists. Prescription of estrogen-only HRT is offered by 15/21 (71%) centers to women of variable age range (35–55 years). Conclusions: Most centers offer risk-reducing gynecological surgery to carriers of path_MLH1, path_MSH2 and path_MSH6 variants but less so for path_PMS2 carriers. There is wide variation in how, when and to whom this is offered. The Manchester International Consensus Group developed recommendations to harmonize clinical practice across centers, but there is a clear need for more research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2290
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Clinical Medicine
Volume9
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Lynch Syndrome
  • endometrial cancer
  • ovarian cancer
  • risk reducing surgery
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Risk-reducing surgery
  • Lynch syndrome
  • Ovarian cancer

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Cancer Research Centre

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