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. 2013 Jun 27;13:312. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-312

Table 1.

Description of index cases screened for CHEK2 mutations

Cancer type of index case Phenotype of familiesa Number of families Index cases
Mean age of index cases in years (age range) Cases with mutations N (%)
Unilateral BC Bilateral BC
Group I
 
 
 
 
 
Female cases
 
 
 
 
 
 BC
Early onset BC (1 case ≤30 years)
66
66
-
27.2 (22–30)
1 (1.5)
 BC
HBC (2 cases, ≥1 diagnosed ≤50 years)
30
17
13
34.2 (22–48)
0 (0)
 BC
HBC (≥3 cases, ≥1 diagnosed ≤50 years)
9
5
4
38.1 (24–70)
0 (0)
 BC
HBOC (≥2 cases)
2
2
-
41.5 (35–48)
0 (0)
 BC & OCb
HBOC (≥2 cases)
4
3
1
31.2 (29–34)
0 (0)
 OC
HBOC (≥2 cases)
2
-
-
31 (28–34)
1 (50)
 OC
Early onset OC (1 case ≤45 years)
19
-
-
33.2 (22–45)
0 (0)
 OC
HOC (2 cases, ≥1 diagnosed ≤45 years)
2
-
-
34 (31–37)
0 (0)
Male cases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 BC
Male BC
11
11
-
48 (30–73)
0 (0)
All casesc
145
104
18
 
2 (1.4)
Group II
 
 
 
 
 
Female cases
 
 
 
 
 
 BC
Early onset BC (1 case ≤30 years)
103
103
-
27.1 (19–30)
0 (0)
 BC
HBC (2 cases, ≥1 diagnosed ≤50 years)
55
49
6
40.8 (19–61)
0 (0)
 BC
HBC (≥3 cases, ≥1 diagnosed ≤50 years)
53
47
6
44.4 (26–73)
0 (0)
 BC
HBOC (≥2 cases)
8
7
1
49 (26–67)
0 (0)
 BC & OCb
HBOC (≥2 cases)
3
2
1
45.6 (30–59)
0 (0)
 OC
HBOC (≥2 cases)
5
-
-
43.2 (33–60)
0 (0)
 OC
Early onset OC (1 case ≤45 years)
2
-
-
30.5 (25–36)
0 (0)
All casesd   229 208 14   0 (0)

BC, breast cancer; HBC, hereditary breast cancer; HBOC, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; HOC, hereditary ovarian cancer; OC, ovarian cancer.

asee “Study subjects in Method section”.

bBreast and ovarian cancer in the same patient were counted as two independent cases.

cIncluding 111 female BCs, 11 male BCs and 27 OCs.

dIncluding 222 female BCs and 10 OCs.