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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Nov 26;119(6):1266–1276. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27864

Table 4.

Long term outcomes and potential harms

Long Term Outcomes Potential Harms


Total LE BC mortality/
1000 women
dx with BC
% BC mortality
reduction
FP screens
(avg/woman)
FP biopsies
(avg/woman)
% Radiation-induced
BC
BRCA1

Clinical
Surveillance 70.83 548 n/a n/a n/a n/a
DM30 72.07 448 18.3 1.5 0.2 0.6
Alt30 72.55 427 22.1 4.3 0.5 0.6

BRCA2

Clinical
Surveillance 76.06 439 n/a n/a n/a n/a
DM30 77.49 305 30.5 2.9 0.4 1.7
Alt30 77.75 287 34.6 8.6 1.1 1.7

LE=life expectancy without quality adjustment or discounting; dx=diagnosed; BC=breast cancer; FP=false-positive