| Phenotype | Women (European Ancestry) diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer or metachronous contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Metachronous contralateral breast cancer was defined as breast cancer in the contralateral breast (in situ or invasive) diagnosed at least 3 months after the first breast cancer. |
| Sample Ancestry | European |
| Total number | 56,068 individuals |
| Detailed numbers |
923 cases (1.65%)
55,145 controls
0.0% Male samples
|
| Participant Follow-up Time | Median : 8.4 years |
| Age of Study Participants | Median (Age At Diagnosis) : 56.0 years |
| Number of Cohort(s) | 42 |
| Cohort Short Name | Cohort Full Name | Previous/other/additional names (e.g. sub-cohorts) |
|---|---|---|
| ABCFS | Australian Breast Cancer Family Study | — |
| ABCS | Amsterdam Breast Cancer Study | — |
| ABCS-F | Amsterdam Breast Cancer Study - Familial | — |
| ABCTB | Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank | — |
| AOCS | Australian Ovarian Cancer Study | — |
| BBCC | Bavarian Breast Cancer Cases and Controls | — |
| BCFR-PA | Philadelphia Breast Cancer Family Registry | — |
| BIGGS | Breast Cancer In Galway Genetic Study | — |
| BREOGAN | Breast Oncology Galicia Network | — |
| BSUCH | Breast Cancer Study of the University Clinic Heidelberg | — |
| CCGP | Crete Cancer Genetics Program | — |
| CGPS | Copenhagen General Population Study | — |
| GC-HBOC | German Consortium for Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer | — |
| GENICA | Gene Environment Interaction and Breast Cancer in Germany | — |
| HCSC | Hospital Clinico San Carlos | — |
| HEBCS | Helsinki Breast Cancer Study | — |
| KARBAC | Karolinska Breast Cancer Study | — |
| KARMA | Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer – Cohort Study | — |
| kConFab | Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer | — |
| LMBC | Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Centre | — |
| MABCS | Macedonian Breast Cancer Study | — |
| MARIE | Mammary Carcinoma Risk Factor Investigation | — |
| MBCSG | Milan Breast Cancer Study Group | — |
| MCBCS | Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Study | — |
| MEC | Multiethnic Cohort Study of Diet and Health | — |
| MISS | Departments of Cancer Epidemiology and Oncology University Hospital Lund | — |
| NBCS | Nijmegen Bladder Cancer Study | — |
| NC-BCFR | Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry | — |
| OBCS | Oulu Breast Cancer Study | — |
| OFBCR | Ontario Familial Breast Cancer Registry | — |
| ORIGO | Leiden University Medical Centre Breast Cancer Study | — |
| PBCS | Polish Breast Cancer Study | — |
| pKARMA | Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer | — |
| POSH | Prospective Study of Outcomes in Sporadic Versus Hereditary Breast Cancer Study | — |
| PROCAS | Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) in Greater Manchester | — |
| RBCS | Rotterdam Breast Cancer Study | — |
| SASBAC | Singapore and Sweden Breast Cancer Study | — |
| SBCS | Shanghai Breast Cancer Study | — |
| SEARCH | Study of Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Cancer Heredity | — |
| SKKDKFZS | St_dtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Study | — |
| SZBCS | IHCC-Szczecin Breast Cancer Study | — |
| UCIBCS | UCI Breast Cancer Study | — |