The Breast Cancer Information Core database (http://research.nhgri.nih.gov/bic/), a central repository of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations identified in genetic tests, currently contains 487 unique missense BRCA1 variants (April 2006), of which only 17 have sufficient genetic/epidemiological evidence to be classified as deleterious (Clinically Important) and 33 as neutral or of little clinical importance (Not Clinically Important). This evidence concerns the gene BRCA1 and breast carcinoma.