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. 2012 Jan 31;36(4):702–713. doi: 10.1007/s00268-011-1406-y

Table 1.

Personal and family history of the probands (N = 310)

BRCA
Negative Positive All
n Col % n Col % n Col %
Female (n = 285)
 Personal history of breast cancer
  No 3 1.2 2 5.3 5 1.8
  Yes 244 98.8 36 94.7 280 98.2
 Personal history of ovarian cancer
  No 242 98.0 31 81.6 273 95.8
  Yes 5 2.0 7 18.4 12 4.2
 Personal history of breast and ovarian cancer
  No 245 99.2 33 86.8 278 97.5
  Yes 2 0.8 5 13.2 7 2.5
 Family history of breast cancer
  No 4 1.6 1 2.6 5 1.8
  Yes 243 98.4 37 97.4 280 98.2
 No. of family members with breast cancer (among those with family history with breast cancer)
  <3 223 91.8 21 56.8 244 87.1
  ≥3 20 8.2 16 43.2 36 12.9
 Family history of ovarian cancer
  No 221 89.5 25 65.8 246 86.3
  Yes 26 10.5 13 34.2 39 13.7
 Family history of breast and ovarian cancer
  No 221 89.5 26 68.4 247 86.7
  Yes 26 10.5 12 31.6 38 13.3
Male (n = 25)
 Personal history of breast cancer
  No 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yes 20 100 5 100 25 100
 Family history of breast cancer
  No 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yes 20 100 5 100 25 100
 No. of family members with breast cancer (among those with family history with breast cancer)
  <3 20 100 4 80 24 96
  ≥3 0 0 1 20 1 4
 Family history of ovarian cancer
  No 20 100 5 100 25 100
  Yes 0 0 0 0 0 0