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. 2016 Oct 25;23(5):298–303. doi: 10.3747/co.23.3054

TABLE V.

Prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations by PTEN (phosphate and tensin homologue) status in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)

PTEN status BRCA status [n (%)] p Value for


All BRCA1 BRCA2 Non-BRCA BRCA1/2 BRCA1 BRCA2
All with TNBC 68 15 (22.1) 6 (14.7) 47 (69.1) 0.822 0.495 0.684
  Loss 37 7 (18.9) 4 (10.8) 26 (70.3)
  Intact 31 8 (25.8) 2 (6.5) 21 (67.7)
With family history 34 10 (29.4) 5 (14.7) 19 (55.9) 0.730 1.000 1.000
  Loss 17 5 (29.4) 3 (17.6) 9 (53.0)
  Intact 17 5 (29.4) 2 (11.8) 10 (58.8)
Without family history 34 5 (14.7) 1 (2.9) 28 (82.4) 0.672 0.627 1.000
  Loss 20 2 (10.0) 1 (5.0) 17 (85.0)
  Intact 14 3 (21.4) 0 (0.0) 11 (78.6)

Pts = patients.