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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Mar 1;22(5):803–811. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0195

Table 1.

Classes of families and characteristic of pancreatic cancer affected members of BCFR

Class BRCA1 BRCA2 3 (BRCAX) 4 (BRCAX)
Selection Criteria Proband carrier of a
BRCA1 mutation
Proband carrier of a
BRCA2 mutation
Proband tested negative
for BRCA1 and BRCA2
mutations; 2 or more BC
>=50 years
Proband tested negative for
BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations;
at least 1 BC
No. of families 538 383 1,219 3,659
No of individuals
(men/women)
11,946
(5,457/6,490)
7,773
(3,502/4,271)
17,037
(7,158/9,879)
42,064
(18,461/23,603)
No. of PC cases 67
57 families: 1 PC
4 families: ≥2PC
62
42 families: 1 PC
7 families: ≥2PC
82
61 families: 1 PC
10 families: ≥2PC
206
170 families: 1 PC
16 families: ≥2PC
Gender (PC cases
only)
32 males
35 females
35 males
27 females
40 males
42 females
112 males
94 females
Mean age at
diagnosis of PC
65.9 years
SD (14.9)
63.1 years
SD (11.0)
66.9 years
SD (12.7)
66.9 years
SD (12.5 )

Abbreviations; BC: breast cancer, PC pancreatic cancer, SD: standard deviation