BRCA2 and breast cancer: The strongest evidence is for prostate and pancreatic cancer in BRCA2 carriers, which has been consistently found in multiple studies (The Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium, 1999; Tulinius et al, 2002; Edwards et al, 2003; Kirchhoff et al, 2004; van Asperen et al, 2005; Risch et al, 2006; Tryggvadottir et al, 2007).