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Table 5

Family history risk categories for patients with mutations in BRCA1/2.

BRCA positive (N=18)N (14.6%)

Average Risk10 (55.6%)
Moderate Risk5 (27.8%)
High Risk3 (16.6%)

Average Risk = no first- or second-degree relatives with breast or ovarian cancer.
Moderate Risk = one first-degree relative with breast or ovarian cancer or two first or second-degree relatives with pancreatic or prostate cancer.
High Risk = at least one first-degree and second-degree relative diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer on the same side of the family or three or more first- or second-degree relatives with breast, ovarian, prostate, or pancreatic cancer.