Genetic testing for germline mutations in
BRCA1/2
of patients with breast cancer (BC) is part of routine patient care. However,
BRCA1/2
mutations account only for a fraction of familial BC. A custom panel of 22 gene sequencing was performed on each patient. Among the 481 female patients, 135 patients were detected to carry pathogenic (P)/likely pathogenic (LP) mutations (28.1%), which corresponded to 12 different cancer predisposition genes [14.6% (70/481) on
BRCA1
gene, 5.0% (24/481) on
BRCA2
gene, 8.5% (41/481) on non‐
BRCA1/2
genes]. Moreover, 24.7% (119/481) of patients had mutation of unknown significance (VUS) in these genes. The most common (8/481) pathogenic mutation is
BRCA1
c.5470_5477del, while
BRIP1
2392 C > T of patients was detected. All the mutations detected were mainly seen in the homologous recombinant repair pathway. Compared to
BRCA2
mutation,
BRCA1
mutation is higher in younger female patients (
P
< 0.01). Some pathogenic mutations were detected in the patients’ familiy members without the past history of tumor and 92 novel mutations were detected (31 on BRCA including 2 P, 16 LP, 13 VUS; 61 on non‐
BRCA1/2
including 9 LP, 52 VUS). The detection rate of
BRCA1/2
mutations was higher in patients with three or more cancer family members than those with one or two. However, the difference was not statistically different. The results suggest that multigene panel testing can increase mutation detection rate for high‐risk BC patients. Detailed family history can help to categorize new mutations.