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. 2012 Mar 19;30(12):1321–1328. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.8133

Table A1.

Type of BRCA1/2 Mutation Testing (N = 4,649)

Testing Type BRCA1
BRCA2
Total
Self-Reported Jewish
Total
Self-Reported Jewish
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Test not performed* 461 9.9 24 2.5 875 18.8 97 10
SSCP 17 0.4 3 0.3 3 0.1 0 0.0
SSCP + heteroduplex analysis 118 2.5 22 2.3 101 2.2 18 1.9
CSGE 29 0.6 3 0.3 24 0.5 3 0.3
Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography 364 7.8 1 0.1 195 4.2 1 0.1
Southern blot 4 0.1 0 0.0 41 0.9 8 0.8
Protein truncation assay 42 0.9 2 0.2 38 0.8 1 0.1
Full gene sequencing or CSGE 868 18.7 141 14.6 756 16.3 110 11.4
Partial gene sequencing 17 0.4 3 0.3 66 1.4 30 3.1
Jewish panel 427 9.2 360 37.2 400 8.6 342 35.3
Other 87 1.9 27 2.8 12 0.3 0 0.0
Single family mutation 498 10.7 31 3.2 370 8.0 21 2.2
Missing 1,717 36.9 352 36.3 1,768 38.0 338 34.9

NOTE. Data represent first reported testing procedure. Data on multiple testing procedures in a single participant, if performed, are unavailable.

Abbreviations: CSGE, conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis; SSCP, single-strand conformation polymorphism.

*

Some participants did not receive testing for mutations in both BRCA1and BRCA2; however, all participants received testing for mutations in at least one of the two genes.

Other mutation testing procedures include multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, heteroduplex analysis, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction, as well as unspecified procedures.