Table 1

Summary of the main clinical characteristics of the 9 high risk breast cancer families

Family
Number of
affected
individuals
Number of typed
individuals
(affected)
Mean age at first
diagnosis
years (range)

1
5
6(4)
61.8(44-76)
2
5
11(5)
49.4 (44–64)
3*
10
14 (10)
57.4 (50–88)
4*
9
17 (8)
54.2 (38–75)
5*
11
20 (9)
49.7 (29–70)
6
6
11 (5)
57.5 (35–79)
7
8
8 (6)
61.1 (42–79)
8
5
11 (5)
49.6 (30–66)
9
9
13 (9)
51.8 (30–77)

Total
68
111 (61)
54.6 (29–88)

*Co-occurrence of ovarian cancer in the family (one family member diagnosed).

Gunnarsson et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2008 7:5   doi:10.1186/1477-5751-7-5