Research Article

Assessing the Variations in Breast/Ovarian Cancer Risk for Chinese BRCA1/2 Carriers

Table 1

Clinical characteristics and germline BRCA1/2 status of the samples in this study.

Cancer siteNumber, n = 7919 (%)Median age (years) valueBRCA1/2 carriers, n = 729 (%)Non-carriers, n = 7190 value

Breast2400 (30.31%)45.00 (38.00–52.00)<0.0001285 (11.88%)2115 (88.13%)0.041
Ovary1697 (21.43%)52.00 (46.00–59.00)332 (19.32%)1365 (80.68%)
Breast and ovary32 (0.40%)55.00 (48.25–60.75)16 (48.48%)16 (51.52%)
Breast or ovary and other sites33 (0.42%)53.50 (45.00–61.00)1 (3.03%)32 (96.97%)
Other sites116 (1.46%)61.00 (49.25–70.75)5 (4.31%)111 (95.69%)
Cancer-free3641 (45.98%)36.00 (30.00–43.00)90 (2.47%)3551 (97.53%)