Table 1

Overall frequency of cancer types in 56 BRCA1/2 positive families

No. of affected family members

BC

bil BC

MBC

OC

CC

GC

leukemia

pro Ca

pan Ca

Ca uterus

sarcoma

38 BRCA1 positive families

62

17

0

33

14

4

5

2

4

6

2

18 BRCA2 positive families

59

7

4

7

5

3

3

1

4

0

0

OC – ovarian cancer, BC – breast cancer (female), bil – bilateral, MBC – male breast cancer, CC – colon cancer, GC – gastric cancer, pan – pancreas, pro – prostate, Ca – cancer, Nr. – number

Krajc et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2008 9:83   doi:10.1186/1471-2350-9-83