Table 2

Frequencies of contralateral breast cancer patients CBC carrying apathogenic DNA-damage repair pathway mutation

Parameter
Breast cancer < 50 yearsa (percentage)
All CBC patients (n = 247)
Previous RT (n = 169)
No RT (n = 78)
Carriers versus non-carriers


n
Percentage
n
Percentage
n
Percentage
OR for CBC after RT
95% CI
p

DDRP mutated
~10
51
21
41
24.3
10
12.8
2.18
1.03–4.62
0.043
CHEK2
1–2
15
6.1
13
7.7
2
2.6
3.17
0.69–14.39

BRCA1
~4–5
27
11.3
20
11.8
7
9
1.36
0.55–3.37

BRCA2
~0.5–1
5
2
4
2.4
1
1.3
1.87
0.21–16.98

ATM truncating
~1–2
4
1.6
4
2.4
0
0
-
-







1b
1.3
1.87
0.21–16.98


Results for all contralateral breast cancer (CBC) patients, and patients stratified by previous radiation exposure, are presented. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) are given for mutation carriers versus non-carriers to develop radiation-associated breast cancer. DDRP, DNA-damage repair pathway; RT, radiation treatment. aPublished results; bHypothetical assumption of one case.

Broeks et al. Breast Cancer Research 2007 9:R26   doi:10.1186/bcr1668