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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Mar 19;118(3):575–581. doi: 10.1007/s10549-009-0368-3

Table 1.

Distribution of 242 Familiesa according to Number of Breast Cancer Patients in Family with and without Distant Metastasis

Family Members with Metastasis
Family Members without Metastasis 0 1 2 3–4 5+ Total
0 0 10 7 2 0 19
1 23 36 12 10 0 81
2 42 14 12 3 0 71
3–4 22 19 8 7 0 56
5+ 2 3 2 3 5 15
Total 89 82 41 25 5 242
a

Table shows numbers of families containing the designated numbers of members with and without metastasis. Eligible families must have two or more members with medically verified breast cancer, at least one of whom has complete data for age and year of diagnosis and metastatic status.