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Table 4 Frequency of the CHK2 T59K mutation in nine Icelandic groupsa

From: Mutation analysis of the CHK2 gene in breast carcinoma and other cancers

Patient group

Number tested

Carriers

%

Breast cancer

685b

4c

0.6

Colorectal cancer

119

2d

1.6

Lung cancer

74

0

0

Renal cell carcinomas

71

0

0

Stomach cancer

37

1

2.7

Ovarian cancer

43

1d

2.3

Testis cancer

31

0

0

Other cancers

112

0

0

Controls

452

0

0

  1. aThe different groups consist of unselected patients, except in the case of breast cancer where patients with BRCA2 999del5 have been omitted. bIncluding samples from Table 3. cOne of these individuals is a bilateral case. dThe total number of carriers in this screening is seven, but one individual is a carrier of both colon and ovarian cancer and therefore appears twice in the table.