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Table 1 Number of TP53 negative families available for CHEK2 gene analysis divided into 3 groups: LFS, LFL, or LFS-suggestive family history (n = 65), including the cancer type in tested individuals.

From: The contribution of CHEK2 to the TP53-negative Li-Fraumeni phenotype

 

(family) history

 

Complete CHEK2 mutation analysis

(n = 34)

1100delC mutation analysis and DNA rearrangements

(n = 31)

Cancer type in tested individuals: B/S/other

1

LFS

 

1

0

1/0/0

2

LFL

 

20

15

18/7/10

3

LFS-suggestive

 

13

16

17/5/7

  

-childhood onset sarcoma or brain tumour

1

1

0/1/1

  

-at least 2 primary tumours

3

7

5/1/4

  

-2 first degree relatives with cancer

5

6

6/3/2

  

-breast cancer before 30 years

4

2

6/0/0

  1. LFS = Li-Fraumeni syndrome
  2. LFL = Li-Fraumeni-like syndrome according to Birch or Eeles
  3. B = breast cancer
  4. S = sarcoma
  5. Other = other cancers, including adrenal cortical tumour, bladder cancer, brain tumour, colon cancer, kidney cancer, leukaemia, lung cancer, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ovarian cancer and thyroid cancer.