Five recurrent BRCA1/2 mutations are responsible for cancer predisposition in the majority of Slovenian breast cancer families

Table 1 Overall frequency of cancer types in 56 BRCA1/2 positive families

No. of affected family members	BC	bil BC	MBC	OC	CC	GC	leukemia	pro Ca	pan Ca	Ca uterus	sarcoma
38 BRCA1 positive families	62	17	0	33	14	4	5	2	4	6	2
18 BRCA2 positive families	59	7	4	7	5	3	3	1	4	0	0

OC – ovarian cancer, BC – breast cancer (female), bil – bilateral, MBC – male breast cancer, CC – colon cancer, GC – gastric cancer, pan – pancreas, pro – prostate, Ca – cancer, Nr. – number

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