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Table 3 Frequency of Pathogenic and Likely Pathogenic variants among tested individuals

From: Analysis of hereditary cancer syndromes by using a panel of genes: novel and multiple pathogenic mutations

Individuals

Positive yield % (positive individuals/total individuals)

Positive yield in gene categories % (positive individuals/total individuals)

BRCA1 and BRCA2

Other high-risk genes

Genes with moderate risk

Genes with low/unknown risk

Total individuals

22.1% (264/1197)

10.5% (126/1197)

5.2% (62/1197)

4.8% (58/1197)

3.3% (44/1197)

 Greek

20.4% (129/631)

8.2% (52/631)

5.4% (34/631)

5.2% (33/631)

3.8% (24/631)

 Romanian

27.0% (110/408)

14.2% (58/408)

5.4% (22/408)

5.9% (24/408)

3.7% (15/408)

 Turkish

15.8% (25/158)

10.1% (16/158)

4.4% (7/158)

0.6% (1/158)

1.9% (3/158)

Affected individuals

24.2% (225/929)

11.2% (104/929)

5.9% (55/929)

5.8% (54/929)

3.9% (36/929)

 Breast cancer

24.7% (190/768)

12.6% (97/768)

3.9% (30/768)

6.4% (49/768)

3.5% (27/768)

 Colorectal cancer

27.9% (19/68)

2.9% (2/68)

25.0% (17/68)

2.9% (2/68)

7.4% (5/68)

 Ovarian cancer

19.0% (8/42)

14.3% (6/42)

2.4% (1/42)

2.4% (1/42)

0.0% (0/42)

 Other cancers

21.3% (13/61)

4.9% (3/61)

8.2% (5/61)

3.3% (2/61)

3.3% (2/61)

Unaffected individuals

14.9% (21/141)

7.1% (10/141)

3.5% (5/141)

2.8% (4/141)

2.1% (3/141)

 FH of Breast cancer

14.6% (15/103)

8.7% (9/103)

1.0% (1/103)

1.9% (2/103)

2.9% (3/103)

 FH of Colorectal cancer

21.9% (7/32)

6.3% (2/32)

9.4% (3/32)

6.3% (2/32)

0.0% (0/32)

 FH of Ovarian cancer

23.3% (7/30)

13.3% (4/30)

0.0% (0/30)

10.0% (3/30)

3.3% (1/30)

Individuals with no information

14.2% (18/127)

9.4% (12/127)

3.1% (4/127)

0.8% (1/127)

0.8% (1/127)