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. 2021 Feb 25;7(4):1–9. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7995

Table 3. Penetrance Estimates in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Families From the Breast Cancer Family Registry.

Breast cancera % (95% CI)
BRCA1 families BRCA2 families
Age 50 y Age 70 y Age 50 y Age 70 y
No RRSO
Carriers 33.3 (30.4-37.3) 61.0 (56.7-66.0) 23.4 (20.7-27.0) 54.0 (49.3-60.1)
Noncarriers 4.5 (3.7-5.5) 12.1 (10.3-14.3) 3.5 (2.7-4.4) 10.3 (8.4-12.5)
Carriers
RRSO at 30 y 23.7 (16.9-32.2) 48.2 (36.1-60.5) 22.2 (19.4-25.6) 53.5 (48.6-59.5)
RRSO at 35 y 24.6 (19.0-31.6) 48.8 (37.6-60.2) 21.4 (18.3-24.8) 53.1 (48.2-59.0)
RRSO at 40 y 26.6 (21.9-31.8) 49.7 (40.0-60.3) 20.4 (17.3-24.3) 52.7 (47.9-58.7)
RRSO at 50 y NA 52.8 (46.2-60.7) NA 51.7 (46.8-57.9)

Abbreviations: NA, not available; RRSO, risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.

a

Corresponds to a first breast cancer.