Table 2

Frequency of Ala592Thr variant in various populations of breast cancer patients and control population


No of families/
Frequency of


Screened population
no of cases
Ala592Thr variant
Case id
Histopathology

Familial breast cancer




     Non-BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carrier
358
0.56%
311-89D
Ductal comedo



AL-155
Ductal comedo
     BRCA1/BRCA2 carrier
126
0.79%
BR-115
Ductal comedo



BR-119
Ductal comedo
Sporadic breast cancer




     Early-onset breast cancer
214
-


     Unselected breast cancer
604
0.83%
17-S
Lobular



MB-181
Ductal comedo



MB-483
Ductal



ULL-17
Ductal



ULL-284
Ductal
Control population
495
0.80%



Salahshor et al. Breast Cancer Res 2001 3:199   doi:10.1186/bcr295