Summary of the percentage of consultations with unaffected women and affected women where different aspects of risk were identified as being discussed by the audiotape transcript (n=158)
| Consultations in which risk was discussed (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Risk category | Unaffected women (n=89) | Affected women (n=69) |
| General population risk: | ||
| Breast cancer | 76 | 76 |
| Ovarian cancer | 8 | 8 |
| Bowel cancer | 2 | 2 |
| Prostate cancer | 1 | 1 |
| Male breast cancer | 5.9 | 8 |
| Proportion of general population risk owing to high risk mutations: | ||
| Breast cancer | 62 | 62 |
| Jewish population risk owing to mutation: | ||
| Breast cancer | 18 | 18 |
| Hypothetical risk of breast cancer for unaffected women with a BRCA mutation: | ||
| Absolute | 52 | |
| Relative risk | 52 | |
| Chance of having mutation in self | 71 | 71 |
| Chance of testing finding mutation | 17 | 17 |
| Ovarian cancer risk with mutation | 33 | 33 |
| Bowel cancer risk with mutation | 5 | 5 |
| Risk of second cancer for affected women: | ||
| Without mutation | 10 | |
| With mutation | 39 | |