Table 3

Frequencies of CBC patients carrying pathogenic DNA-damage repair pathway and ATM missense mutations

Parameter
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
51
21
41
24.3
10
12.8
2.18
1.03–4.62
0.043
All patients with only a pathogenic DDRP mutation
37
15
29
17.2
8
10.3
1.8
0.79–4.17

Patients with both a pathogenic DDRP and an ATM missense mutation
14
5.7
12
7.1
2
2.6
2.90
0.63–13.30

Patients with only an ATM missense mutation
29
11.7
21
12.4
8
10.3
1.24
0.52–2.94


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.

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