Table I.
Effect on the BRCAPRO carrier probability of excluding vs. including all non-breast/ovary cancers into BRCAPRO for families based on figure 1. Non-breast/ovary cancers are included as per the methods of section 2.4.
Family | Excluding non-breast/ovary cancers | Including non-breast/ovary cancers |
---|---|---|
As in Figure 1 | 17% | 7% |
Mother has only ovarian cancer at 67 | 29% | 17% |
Mother has no cancer at 67 | 15% | 6% |
Sister has only ovarian cancer at 73 | 52% | 32% |
Sister has no cancer at 73 | 11% | 5% |
Father died at 67 instead of 87 | 17% | 11% |