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. 2008 Sep 8;26(29):4752–4758. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.8310

Table A2.

Cancers of Participants and First- and Second-Degree Relatives, by Race and BRCA1/2 Mutation Status

Characteristic Asian (n = 200)
White (n = 200)
BRCA1 (n = 23)
BRCA2 (n = 26)
None* (n = 151)
Total (n = 200)
BRCA1 (n = 15)
BRCA2 (n = 11)
None* (n = 175)
Total (n = 200)
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Personal cancer history
    None 0 0 1 3.8 8 5.3 9 4.5 0 0 0 0 29 16.6 29 14.5
    Unilateral breast 12 52.2 13 50 106 71 131 65.5 7 46.7 4 36.4 110 62.9 121 60.5
    Bilateral breast 2 8.7 7 26.9 12 7.9 21 10.5 1 6.7 1 9.1 11 6.3 13 6.5
    Ovarian 8 34.8 3 11.5 10 6.6 21 10.5 3 20 2 18.2 11 6.3 16 8
    DCIS 2 8.7 4 15.4 52 34.4 58 29 2 13.3 3 27.3 52 29.7 57 28.5
    Breast and ovarian 1 4.4 0 0 9 6 10 5 2 13.3 3 27.3 2 1.1 7 3.5
    Other cancer 2 8.7 0 0 8§ 5.3 10 5 1 6.7 2 18.2 8# 4.6 11 5.5
Proband's age at cancer onset
    Breast
        Median 39 37.5 44 43 42 43 45 44
        Range 32-61 27-55 23-77 23-77 33-73 38-66 29-69 29-73
    Ovarian
        Median 47 54 49 49 44 51 55 51
        Range 39-54 45-55 28-74 28-74 36-58 48-70 37-77 36-77
Family cancer history
    No breast or ovarian 7 30.4 3 11.5 40 26.5 50 25 0 0 2 18.2 27 15.4 29 14.5
    Breast only 6 26.1 19 73.1 92 60.9 117 58.5 7 46.7 7 63.6 113 64.6 127 63.5
    Ovarian only 3 13 4 15.4 12 7.9 19 9.5 2 13.3 0 0 15 8.6 17 8.5
    Breast and ovarian 7 30.4 0 0 7 4.6 14 7 6 40 2 18.2 20 11.4 27 13.5
No. of cancers in relatives
    No. of relatives recorded
        Median 21 17.5 19 19 15 15 15 15
        Range 5-47 6-42 6-56 5-56 9-33 10-25 5-56 5-56
    Relatives with breast cancer
        Median 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
        Range 0-2 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-5 0-5
    Relatives with ovarian cancer
        Median 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Range 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2
*

Includes patients with BRCA1/2 variants of uncertain significance.

Ductal carcinoma-in-situ, occurring most often in patients who also had invasive breast cancer.

Bladder, endometrial.

§

Cervical (n = 2), vaginal, colon (n = 2), endometrial (n = 2), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, ossifying fibromyxoid tumor, and bladder.

Melanoma.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, basal cell carcinoma.

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Melanoma (n = 2), basal cell, laryngeal, hemangiopericytoma, endometrial, unknown (n = 2).