Table 1.
Clinical scenario: an unaffected 35-year-old woman has a 32-year-old sister who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She wants to know about her own risk. About which family members would you take a cancer history?
| Family member | Francea (%) | Germany (%) | Netherlands (%) | UK (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General practitioners | Mother | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 100 |
| Father | 35.6 | 40.9 | 64.8 | 52.4 | |
| Other sisters | 98.2 | 96.9 | 99.6 | 97.6 | |
| Brothers | 26.2 | 31.3 | 47.0 | 39.4 | |
| Maternal grandmother | 93.5 | 94.4 | 90.9 | 92.8 | |
| Maternal grandfather | 19.3 | 30.0 | 37.5 | 30.3 | |
| Paternal grandmother | 56.7 | 65.6 | 63.6 | 57.7 | |
| Paternal grandfather | 17.5 | 27.7 | 33.3 | 24.5 | |
| Sample size (GPs) | (n = 275) | (n = 450) | (n = 264) | (n = 208) | |
| Breast surgeons | Mother | 99.6 (100.0) | 99.8 | 100 | 98.0 |
| Father | 63.3 (51.7) | 70.6 | 90.2 | 91.4 | |
| Other sisters | 98.8 (98.6) | 99.1 | 98.4 | 97.4 | |
| Brothers | 44.3 (37.8) | 57.9 | 65.9 | 76.3 | |
| Maternal grandmother | 96.4 (95.1) | 93.5 | 96.7 | 96.1 | |
| Maternal grandfather | 41.3 (34.3) | 49.2 | 66.7 | 78.9 | |
| Paternal grandmother | 64.8 (66.4) | 62.6 | 84.4 | 89.5 | |
| Paternal grandfather | 37.7 (35.0) | 44.1 | 62.6 | 77.0 | |
| Sample size (BS) | (n = 333; n = 145) | (n = 466) | (n = 144) | (n = 123) |
aBS = FGyn, in brackets FChir