Preventing ovarian cancer by salpingectomy.

An error was made in the text of the paper (p. 139, col. 1, under the subheading The Origins of High-Grade Ovarian Carcinoma). The sentence Further studies have confirmed that in situ serous tubal carcinomas are present in between 60% and 100% of preventive oophorectomy specimens from women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, but also that such disease is seen in the excised fallopian tubes of 30%–60% of women with high-grade serous carcinomas who do not carry BRCA1/2 mutations. should read Further studies have confirmed that in situ serous tubal carcinomas are present in approximately 8%–12% of preventive salpingo-oophorectomy specimens from women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, but also that such disease is seen in the excised fallopian tubes of 30%–60% of women with high-grade serous carcinomas who do not carry BRCA1/2 mutations.