Table 1

Polymorphisms seen in PTEN in patients with breast cancer and a family history of breast cancer

Exon/intronVariantObservationsFrequencyComments
IVS182-126A>G1/1770.006
IVS182-4A>G1/1770.006No effect on splicing by in vitro and in vivo assays
IVS4210+109ins566/1770.37Associated with decreased age of breast cancer diagnosis in insertion homozygotes
IVS91212+65insA4/1770.02