Table 1 Various aspects of family history of breast and ovarian cancer among women born after 1931, diagnosed with first breast cancer cases between 1991 and 1998 (n=17 095)

From: Breast cancer prognosis in relation to family history of breast and ovarian cancer

 

Number (%)

Family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer

 No

14 920 (87.2%)

 Yes

2175 (12.7%)

Number of FDR a with breast or ovarian cancer

 One relative

2090 (12.2 %)

 Two or more

85 (0.5 %)

Family history type

 Breast cancer

1824 (10.7 %)

 Ovarian cancer

313 (1.8 %)

 Both

38 (0.2 %)

Age at diagnosis in FDR a

 ≥50 years

1614 (9.4 %)

 <50 years

561 (3.3 %)

Sequence of diagnosis in FDRa relative to index case

 Before

1883 (11.0 %)

 After

292 (1.7 %)

  1. aFDR=first-degree relative(-s).