Table 3.
Frequency of pathogenic variants in breast cancer genes in overall MBC cohort (n = 708)
Gene | No prior BRCA1/2 testing | Prior BRCA1/2 testing | All MBC | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants | Total testeda | % | Total pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants | Total testeda | % | Total pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants | Total testeda | % | |
BRCA2 | 53 | 480 | 11.0 | 2 | 197 | 1.0 | 55 | 677 | 8.1 |
CHEK2 (all) | 16 | 386 | 4.1 | 6 | 195 | 3.1 | 22 | 581 | 3.8 |
CHEK2 (excluding I157T) | 11 | 386 | 2.8 | 5 | 195 | 2.6 | 16 | 581 | 2.8 |
CHEK2 (I157T only) | 5 | 386 | 1.3 | 1 | 195 | 0.5 | 6 | 581 | 1.0 |
ATM b | 6 | 390 | 1.5 | 0 | 196 | 0.0 | 6 | 586 | 1.0 |
BRCA1 | 6 | 480 | 1.3 | 0 | 197 | 0.0 | 6 | 677 | 0.9 |
NF1 | 2 | 354 | 0.6 | 1 | 158 | 0.6 | 3 | 512 | 0.6 |
PALB2 | 2 | 417 | 0.5 | 3 | 204 | 1.5 | 5 | 621 | 0.8 |
RAD51D | 1 | 354 | 0.3 | 0 | 158 | 0.0 | 1 | 512 | 0.2 |
BRIP1 | 1 | 370 | 0.3 | 0 | 194 | 0.0 | 1 | 564 | 0.2 |
MRE11A | 1 | 370 | 0.3 | 0 | 194 | 0.0 | 1 | 564 | 0.2 |
NBN | 1 | 370 | 0.3 | 0 | 194 | 0.0 | 1 | 564 | 0.2 |
BARD1 | 0 | 370 | 0.0 | 2 | 194 | 1.0 | 2 | 564 | 0.4 |
aThe total number of men tested varies by gene, as not all men were tested by the same panel of genes
b ATM biallelic individual was counted only once