Moreover, our previous findings that BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations were enriched in serous, endometrioid and mixed cell histological subtype cancers from either unselected or familial cases [10,36], collectively would suggest that carrier detection could be advocated for French Canadian women who develop these subtypes of ovarian cancer, especially where cost of genetic testing remains an issue. The gene discussed is BRCA2; the disease is ovarian cancer.