Cancer Risks Associated with Positive Mutation Status

(from a non copyrighted chart used in patient education)

BRCA1............Breast Cancer......Ovarian Cancer.........Other

By age 40.......20%.......................3%

By age 50.......30%.......................21%

By age 70........85%.......................40-50%

Lifetime...........85%.......................44%.............Colon 6%; Prostate 8%

Second
primary
cancer..............65%.......................16%


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BRCA2............Breast Cancer......Ovarian Cancer.........Other

By age 50.......28%.......................less than 1%

By age 70.......84%.......................27%

Life time........85%..............................male breast cancer 6%; Pancreatic cancer

General population
lifetime risk for breast cancer 12.5%
lifetime risk for ovarian cancer 1-2%

Sources of Data:
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risks Due to Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Science, October 24, 2003; 302(5645): 643 - 646.(requires free registration to view full-text)
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Wirk B. The Role of Ovarian Ablation in the Management of Breast Cancer. Breast Journal. 11(6):416-424, November/December 2005. (abstract and lists sources where full text can be purchased)
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