Has anyone here had ovarian cancer before age 40?

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elise24601
elise24601 Member Posts: 155
edited October 2016 in Genetic Testing

I ask because I was given ages 35-40 for when to get my ovaries removed as I have the BRCA1 mutation. I am now 31 and want to wait as long as safely possible for this.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited October 2016

    I had a rare ovarian cancer and it was huge-almost twenty pounds. I had been complaining of symptoms since I was about 37 but I wasn't diagnosed until 49. I believe it had been there all that time, but I am not BRCA positive.

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