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. 2006 Aug 15;4(3):142–152. doi: 10.1186/1897-4287-4-3-142

Table 2.

Frequency of BRCA1 mutations in 200 families with evidence of strong genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer

Mutation Exon Families with organ-specific breast cancer Families with breast and ovarian cancer Total
5382insC 20 36 32 68 (34.0%)

C61G 5 16 15 31 (15.5%)

4152delA 11 3 9 12 (6.0%)

5370C/T 20 3 - 3 (1.5%)

3819del5 11 1 2 3 (1.5%)

794delT 11 - 2 2 (1.0%)

185delAG 2 - 1 1 (0.5%)

2985del5 11 - 1 1 (0.5%)

5149del4 17 1 - 1 (0.5%)

total 60 (60%) 62 (62%) 122 (61.0%)