Table 5

Ages of onset and numbers of breast and ovarian cancers occurring in the families with BRCA2 2157delG

FamilyGeneBreast cancers (years)Ovarian cancers (years)Unaffected carriersUnaffected women at 50% risk >30 yearsWomen at 50% risk mutation negative
*Tested mutation carrier or obligate carrier by testing of other family members; †phenocopy; 48/50, bilateral breast cancer aged 48 and 50 years; ‡breast/ovary double primary; §obligate or presumed unaffected mutation carrier (intervening unaffected individual). M, male breast cancer
1BRCA25 (28,44, 56, 72, 35)1 (47*)70§10 (60, 65, 56, 53, 48, 45, 52, 44, 42, 40)0
2 BRCA2 29*1 (48*)5000
3 BRCA2 4 (39, 49, 65, 55) M65*003 (76, 52, 60)1 (52)
4 BRCA2 2 (32*, 44)064§00
5 BRCA2 4 (33*, 40*, 32, 32†)01 (35)1 (40)0
6 BRCA2 4 (58*, 42*, 40, 44)002 (44, 33)3 (41, 44, 73)
7 BRCA2 3 (32*, 43, 49)001 (35)0
8 BRCA2 4 (38*, 56†, 68, 54)1 (52*)0800
19 BRCA2 4 (56/56*, 41, 32*, 32*) M6801 (40)4 (55, 48, 37, 60)4 (54, 65, 58, 57)
Total11*+18 untested  = 29+2† +2M; Mean age 43.1 years3* (Mean age 49 years)5 (Mean age 52 years) 3+2§22 (Mean age 50.9 years)8 (Mean age 55.5 years)