Cancer site* | Mutation inBRCA1 | Mutation inBRCA2 | Total | p Value† |
Breast | 54 | 9 | 63 | 0.001 |
Ovary | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
Breast and ovary | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
Breast or ovary and other sites | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Other sites | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 79 | 14 | 93 |
*Site was unknown for five of 98 patients with cancer (three with exon 11, and two other exon mutations in the BRCA1 gene).
†Calculated using two-sided Fisher’s exact test.