BRCA2 and cancer: One variant, rs11571833, in the BRCA2 gene, was described previously as being associated with an increased risk of developing a variety of cancer types including lung, breast, prostate, gastric and aerodigestive tract cancer (Wang et al., 2014; Delahaye-Sourdeix et al., 2015; Thompson et al., 2015; Meeks et al., 2016; Vijai et al., 2016).