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. 2012 Dec 7;14(6):R156. doi: 10.1186/bcr3369

Table 2.

Cumulative risks (in %) and 95% confidence intervals (in parentheses) for contralateral breast cancer depending on age at first breast cancer observed in relatives of index patients.

BRCA1 BRCA2 BRCA negative
Age at first breast cancer < 40 years
5 years after first breast cancer 14.1 (10.1-18.0) 2.9 (0.0-6.3) 4.8 (2.6-6.9)
10 years after first breast cancer 30.1 (24.0-36.2) 18.2 (7.9-28.5) 10.6 (6.8-14.4)
15 years after first breast cancer 40.8 (33.2-48.3) 20.9 (9.7-32.1) 15.3 (10.4-20.3)
25 years after first breast cancer 55.1 (45.4-64.9) 38.4 (18.5-58.2) 28.4 (20.5-36.3)
Age at first breast cancer 40-49 years
5 years after first breast cancer 9.2 (5.8-12.5) 6.9 (2.7-11.1) 4.2 (2.9-5.5)
10 years after first breast cancer 16.7 (11.7-21.7) 13.4 (7.0-19.8) 8.4 (6.3-10.5)
15 years after first breast cancer 23.2 (16.9-29.6) 22.0 (12.1-31.9) 10.7 (8.1-13.3)
25 years after first breast cancer 44.5 (33.2-55.7) 40.5 (22.4-58.6) 18.1 (13.9-22.3)
Age at first breast cancer ≥ 50 years
5 years after first breast cancer 7.1 (3.8-10.5) 3.5 (0.9-6.1) 3.6 (2.7-4.5)
10 years after first breast cancer 11.4 (6.5-16.3) 10.4 (4.9-16.0) 5.5 (4.3-6.7)
15 years after first breast cancer 18.7 (11.0-26.3) 15.5 (7.8-23.3) 8.1 (6.3-9.9)
25 years after first breast cancer 21.6 (12.3-30.8) 15.5 (7.8-23.3) 12.9 (8.9-17.0)
Total
5 years after first breast cancer 10.4 (8.3-12.5) 4.5 (2.5-6.5) 3.9 (3.2-4.6)
10 years after first breast cancer 20.4 (17.1-23.7) 13.2 (9.2-17.2) 7.1 (6.0-8.2)
15 years after first breast cancer 28.7 (24.4-32.9) 19.0 (13.5-24.4) 9.9 (8.5-11.4)
25 years after first breast cancer 44.1 (37.6-50.6) 33.5 (22.4-44.7) 17.2 (14.5-19.9)