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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Mar;149A(3):349–356. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32643

Table IV.

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

No increased risk Slightly increased risk Significantly increased risk Increased risk, degree not specified Range of lifetime breast cancer risk provided at visit (percent of visits at which numerical risk was provided)
SP Case 1 (N=25) Moderate Risk: Mother with breast cancer at age 60 1 (4%) 15 (60%) 2 (8%)* 7(32%) 10–20% (36%)
SP Case 2 (N=28) High risk – maternal: Sister, mother and maternal aunt with breast cancer < 50 years 1 (4%)* 0 (0%)* 7 (25%) 20 (71%) 31–36% (7%)
SP Case 3 (N=33) High risk – paternal: Sister, paternal aunt and paternal grandmother with breast cancer < 50 years, and paternal aunt with ovarian cancer 1 (3%)* 5 (15%)* 2 (6%) 25 (76%) 18–25% (21%)
*

Risk estimate considered incorrect