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. 2004 Feb 24;90(6):1244–1251. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601656

Table 2. Overview of all HBOC and FBOC families investigated and mutation detection frequencies.

    FBOC
HBOC
      #mutations found (%)
  #mutations found (%)
Phenotypes N BRCA1 BRCA2 BRCA N BRCA1 BRCA2 BRCA
Breast–ovarian cancer No male breast cancer patient 39 9 (23.1%) 0 9 (23.1%) 25 13 (52.0%) 6 (24.0%) 19 (76.0%)
families At least one male breast cancer patient 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 (66.7%) 2 (66.7%)
 
  Total 39 9 (23.1%) 0 9 (23.1%) 28 13 (46.4%) 8 (28.6%) 21 (75.0%)
 
Breast cancer-only No male breast cancer patient 155 13 (8.4%) 11 (7.1%) 24 (15.5%) 60 11 (18.3%) 3 (5.0%) 14 (23.3%)
families At least one male breast cancer patient 6 0 2 (33.0%) 2 (33.0%) 3 0 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.0%)
 
  Total 161 13 (8.1%) 13 (8.1%) 26 (16.1%) 63 11 (17.5%) 4 (6.3%) 15 (23.8%)
 
Total   200 22 (11.0%) 13 (6.5%) 35 (17.5%) 91 24 (26.4%) 12 (13.2%) 36 (39.6%)

FBOC=familial breast and/or ovarian cancer; HBOC=hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer.