Table 1.

clinical characteristics of study population: diagnosis, age at onset and family history.

	Breast Cancer (n = 28)			Ovarian Cancer (n = 3)
Age at onset (years)	<40 (n = 12)	41–50 (n = 7)	>50 (n = 9)	453	56	60
Family History:
BC1(n)	3	2	3	yes	yes	no
Other Cancers2(n)	5	4	4	yes	no	yes

¹In 3 patients a history of 3 or more cases of BC was reported.

²Type of other cancer diagnosis in the families included: pancreas, prostate, leukemia, lymphoma, lung and others.

³Carrier of the E1373X BRCA1 mutation.