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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5645
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Risks of breast and ovarian cancer were determined for Ashkenazi Jewish women with inherited mutations in the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. We selected 1008 index cases, regardless of family history of cancer, and carried out molecular analysis across entire families. The lifetime risk of breast cancer among female mutation carriers was 82%, similar to risks in families with many cases. Risks appear to be increasing with time: Breast cancer risk by age 50 among mutation carriers born before 1940 was 24%, but among those born after 1940 it was 67%. Lifetime risks of ovarian cancer were 54% for BRCA1 and 23% for BRCA2 mutation carriers. Physical exercise and lack of obesity in adolescence were associated with significantly delayed breast cancer onset.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
302
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
643-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Age of Onset, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Exercise, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Family, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Fathers, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Genes, BRCA1, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Genes, BRCA2, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Jews, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Life Style, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Penetrance, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:14576434-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast and ovarian cancer risks due to inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Medicine and Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. mcking@u.washington.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.