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Table 1 Summary of the main clinical characteristics of the 9 high risk breast cancer families

From: Evidence against PALB2 involvement in Icelandic breast cancer susceptibility

Family

Number of

affected

individuals

Number of typed

individuals

(affected)

Mean age at first

diagnosis

years (range)

1

5

6(4)

61.8(44-76)

2

5

11(5)

49.4 (44–64)

3*

10

14 (10)

57.4 (50–88)

4*

9

17 (8)

54.2 (38–75)

5*

11

20 (9)

49.7 (29–70)

6

6

11 (5)

57.5 (35–79)

7

8

8 (6)

61.1 (42–79)

8

5

11 (5)

49.6 (30–66)

9

9

13 (9)

51.8 (30–77)

Total

68

111 (61)

54.6 (29–88)

  1. *Co-occurrence of ovarian cancer in the family (one family member diagnosed).