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. 2016 Dec 22;161(3):575–586. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-4085-4

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