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Table 7 Likelihood of having a BRCA1 or BRCA2 deleterious mutations

From: Evaluation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and risk-prediction models in a typical Asian country (Malaysia) with a relatively low incidence of breast cancer

Personal history

Family history

Total

BRCA1positive

BRCA2positive

BRCApositive

BRCApositive

   

Number

Number

Number

%

Breast cancer <50 years

Nil

61

2

3

5

8.2

Breast cancer <50 years

1 breast cancer <50 years

29

1

3

4

13.8

Breast cancer ≥ 50 years

1 breast cancer <50 years

13

1

0

1

7.7

Breast cancer at any age

≥ 2 breast cancer <50 years

7

1

0

1

14.3

Breast cancer at any age

≥ 3 breast cancer at any age

9

0

3

3

33.3

Breast cancer at any age

≥ 1 ovarian cancer at any age

10

4

1

5

50.0

Breast and ovarian cancer

Any

5

2

1

3

60.0

Bilateral breast cancer

Any

25

4

1

5

20.0