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Table 1 Diagnostic yield of pathogenic variants in subgroups of women with breast and/or ovarian cancer

From: Extended genetic analysis and tumor characteristics in over 4600 women with suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

 

Any variant class 4/5a, n (%)

P Value

All women (n = 4622)

765 (16.6)

 

Diagnosis, breast and/or ovarian cancer (n = 4622)

P = 1.10 × 10–13

Breast cancer only (n = 4013)

602 (15.0)

 

Ovarian cancer only (n = 390)

93 (23.8)

 

Breast and ovarian cancer (n = 219)

70 (32.0)

 

Breast cancer, age at first diagnosis (n = 4036)

P = 0.0033

 < 30 years (n = 186)

41 (22.0)

 

30–39 years (n = 1055)

198 (18.8)

 

40–49 years (n = 1360)

211 (15.5)

 

50–59 years (n = 831)

124 (14.9)

 

60–69 years (n = 463)

58 (12.5)

 

 ≥ 70 years (n = 141)

17 (12.1)

 

Breast cancer, unilateral vs bilateral (n = 4036)

P = 2.01 × 10–6

Unilateral breast cancer (n = 3409)

508 (14.9)

 

Bilateral breast cancer (n = 627)

141 (22.5)

 

First breast cancer, invasive vs in situ (n = 3190)

P = 0.28

Invasive breast cancer (n = 2932)

461 (15.7)

 

In situ breast cancer only (n = 258)

34 (13.2)

 

Ovarian cancer, age at diagnosis (n = 574)

P = 0.00049

 < 30 years (n = 21)

1 (4.8)

 

30–39 years (n = 40)

7 (17.5)

 

40–49 years (n = 104)

34 (32.7)

 

50–59 years (n = 157)

55 (35.0)

 

60–69 years (n = 169)

50 (29.6)

 

 ≥ 70 years (n = 83)

11 (13.3)

 

Ovarian cancer, morphological subtype (n = 485)

P = 0.00030

Serous high grade (HGS) (n = 275)

99 (36.0)

 

Serous low grade (LGS) (n = 48)

10 (20.8)

 

Serous invasive not classified (n = 64)

14 (21.9)

 

Clear cell (n = 25)

3 (12.0)

 

Endometrioid (n = 24)

2 (8.3)

 

Mucinous (n = 19)

3 (15.8)

 

Borderline (n = 30)

3 (10.0)

 

Ovarian cancer, primary location (n = 524)

P = 0.49

Ovary (n = 387)

107 (27.6%)

 

Fallopian tube (n = 72)

24 (33.3%)

 

Peritoneal or abdomen NOS (n = 65)

16 (24.6%)

 
  1. In each subgroup, only cases with complete data for the respective variables were included. P-values calculated using the Pearson chi-square test (two-tailed)
  2. aSum of all detected variants in PTEN, RAD51C, RAD51D and TP53. For the corresponding tables subdivided by gene, see Additional file 2: Table S4a and S4b
  3. NOS Not otherwise specified