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Patients with BRCA2 -deficient HGSC and loss of NF1 survived twice as long as those without NF1 loss, whereas PIK3CA or RAD21 amplification defined BRCA2 -deficient HGSC with exceptionally short survival. BRCA1 -deficient tumors in short survivors had evidence of immunosuppressive c-kit signaling and EMT. In a large HGSC cohort (n=1,389) including 282 individuals with pathogenic germline BRCA variants (g BRCA pv), the location of the mutation within functional domains stratified clinical outcomes. Notably, residual disease after primary surgery had limited prognostic effect in g BRCA pv-carriers compared to non-carriers. 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