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. 2021 Jul 13;12:698595. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.698595

TABLE 3.

Frequency of pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and 2 genes, other high and moderate penetrance genes in various high-risk categories of patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer.

Breast and/or ovarian cancer High Risk categories No of patients Patients with pathogenic variants in all genes included in the panel Patients with pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes only Patients with pathogenic variants in 6 High Penetrance genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, TP53, PTEN, CDH1) Patients with pathogenic variants in moderate penetrance genes Moderate penetrance genes contribution to each high-risk category
Breast and/or ovarian cancer (at any age) 2003 276 (14%) 103 (5%) 130 (6.5%) 146 (7.5%) CHEK2 (1.9%), ATM (1.2%), RAD51C (0.4%), RAD51D (0.4%), BRIP1 (0.4%), MMR genes (0.6%), less known gene BARD1 (0.1%), FANCM (0.1%), NBN (0.1%)
Breast and ovarian cancer (both diagnosed in one patient at any age) 49 13 (26.5%) 9 (18%) 11 (22.4%) 2 (4%) RAD51C (2%), RAD51D (2%)
Breast cancer <35 year of age 186 27 (14.5%) 16 (8.6%) 20 (11%) 7 (3.5%) CHEK2 (1.4%), ATM (1%), FANCM (0.5%), BARD1 (0.5%), MMR genes (0.5%)
Breast Cancer <45 years of age 482 63 (13%) 32 (6.6%) 38 (8%) 25 (5%) CHEK2 (2%), ATM (0.8%), RAD51C/RAD51D (0.6%), BRIP1 (0.4%), FANCM (0.4%)
Ovarian cancer at any age 455 81 (18%) 43 (9.5%) 49 (11%) 32 (7%) RAD51C (1.5%), RAD51D (1%), Mismatch repair gene (1.3%), ATM (1%), CHEK2/BRIP1 (1%)
Triple negative breast cancer 218 33 (15%) 19 (9%) 21 (9.6%) 12 (5.4%) BRIP1 (1.8%), CHEK2 (1%), RAD51C (0.5%), RAD51D (0.5%), MMR genes (0.5%)
Bilateral breast cancer 135 12 (9%) 3 (2.2) 6 (4.4%) 6 (4.4%) CHEK2 (1.5%), BRIP1 (0.7%), ATM (0.7%), MMR genes (0.7%)
Breast cancer with pancreas or prostate at any age 10 3 (30%) 1 (10%) 2 (20%) 1 (10%) PALB2 (10%)