When comparing the TP53 mutation spectrum in these familial cases with that of ovarian cancers cases reported in the IARC database and to the 100 sporadic ovarian cancer cases with a TP53 mutation, no obvious differences were seen either with respect to exon distribution or codon wise (data not shown), although a slightly lower frequency of mutations in exon 5 and a slightly higher in exon 8 were seen in the hereditary cases. Here, TP53 is linked to ovarian cancer.