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. 2014 Dec 31;16:3416. doi: 10.1186/s13058-014-0492-9

Table 1.

Breast tumor characteristics of 7,797 affected BRCA1 mutation carriers and 4,330 affected BRCA2 mutation carriers a

BRCA1 mutation carriers BRCA2 mutation carriers
Yes, n (%) No, n (%) Unknown status Yes, n (%) No, n (%) Unknown status
Predictive markers
 ER-positive 819 (24) 2,639 (76) 4,339 1,490 (77) 434 (23) 2,406
 PR-positive 662 (21) 2,485 (79) 4,650 1,099 (65) 591 (35) 2,640
 HER2-positive 182 (9) 1,816 (91) 5799 121 (13) 847 (87) 3,362
 Non-TN 580 (31) 1,310 (69) 5907 760 (85) 136 (15) 3,434
Morphology 3,789 2,087
 Ductal 3,159 (82) 1,770 (79)
 Lobular 89 (2) 188 (8)
 Medullary 290 (6) 39 (2)
 Other 470 (10) 246 (11)
Grade 4,645 3,840
 Grade 1 81 (3) 113 (7)
 Grade 2 574 (18) 700 (42)
 Grade 3 2,497 (79) 839 (51)
Nodal involvement 1,103 (33) 2,274 (67) 4,420 804 (43) 1,068 (57) 2,458
Stage 5,991 3,382
 Stage 0b 65 (4) 121 (13)
 Stage 1 825 (46) 327 (35)
 Stage 2 772 (43) 390 (41)
 Stage 3 127 (7) 96 (10)
 Stage 4 17 (1) 14 (1)

aER, Estrogen receptor positive; HER2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; PR, Progesterone receptor; TN, Triple-negative. bCarcinoma in situ.