Table 1:

Predicted cumulative risk of cancer^2–4

Type of cancer and cumulative risk	Cumulative risk, %
Type of cancer and cumulative risk	Carrier of BRCA1 mutation	Carrier of BRCA2 mutation	General population
Women
Breast cancer
to age 40 yr	12.0	7.5	0.5
to age 70 yr	54.0	45.0	7.2
Ovarian cancer
to age 40 yr	3.2	0.7	< 0.1
to age 70 yr	39.0	16.0	0.7
Men
Breast cancer
to age 70 yr	1.2	6.8	< 0.1