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Table 5 Prevalence of different cancer localizations among 1st and 2nd degree relatives of probands who were BRCA1 c.4034delA and c.5266dupC mutation carriers (in % of all the reported cancer cases in each group)

From: Genotype-phenotype correlations among BRCA14153delA and 5382insC mutation carriers from Latvia

Cancer site

c.4034delA

c.5266dupC

95% CI

P-value

Breast

19.0%

34.0%

7.16 to 22.84

0.0002

Ovary

19.0%

8.0%

4.66 to 17.34

0. 0003

Other gynaecological cancers*

16.0%

8.0%

1.94 to 14.06

0.006

Colon and rectum

2.6%

3.1%

-2.75 to 3.75

n.s

Pancreas

1.3%

1.3%

-2.35 to 2.35

n.s

Prostate

1.7%

2.4%

-2.12 to 3.52

n.s

Stomach

11.3%

9.6%

-4.00 to 7.40

n.s

Lung

6.5%

2.7%

-0.28 to 7.88

0.059

Total amount of relatives reported as having cancer

230

290

  
  1. * - Other gynaecological cancers include ovarian, uterine and cervical cancer cases when exact localization of cancer was unknown.
  2. n.s. - non-significant