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Darbandi MR, Darbandi M, Darbandi S, Bado I, Hadizadeh M, Khorram Khorshid HR. Artificial intelligence breakthroughs in pioneering early diagnosis and precision treatment of breast cancer: A multimethod study. Eur J Cancer 2024; 209:114227. [PMID: 39053289 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.114227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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This article delves into the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance early breast cancer (BC) detection for improved treatment outcomes and patient care. Utilizing a multimethod approach comprising literature review and experiments, the study systematically reviewed 310 articles utilizing 30 diverse datasets. Among the techniques assessed, recurrent neural network (RNN) emerged as the most accurate, achieving 98.58 % accuracy, followed by genetic principles (GP), transfer learning (TL), and artificial neural networks (ANNs), with accuracies exceeding 96 %. While conventional machine learning (ML) methods demonstrated accuracies above 90 %, DL techniques outperformed them. Evaluation of BC diagnostic models using the Wisconsin breast cancer dataset (WBCD) highlighted logistic regression (LR) and support vector machine (SVM) as the most accurate predictors, with minimal errors for clinical data. Conversely, decision trees (DT) exhibited higher error rates due to overfitting, emphasizing the importance of algorithm selection for complex datasets. Analysis of ultrasound images underscored the significance of preprocessing, while histopathological image analysis using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) demonstrated robust classification capabilities. These findings underscore the transformative potential of ML and DL in BC diagnosis, offering automated, accurate, and accessible diagnostic tools. Collaboration among stakeholders is crucial for further advancements in BC detection methods.
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- Fetal Health Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran.
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- Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, USA.
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- Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Personalized Medicine and Genometabolics Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran.
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Baráti L, Maász A, Mikó A, Bércesi É, Kalbani SA, Bene J, Kovács S, Mangel L, Hadzsiev K. Molecular genetic investigation of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer patients in the Southern Transdanubian region: widening the mutation spectrum and searching for new pathogenic variants using next-generation methods. Pathol Oncol Res 2024; 30:1611813. [PMID: 39148954 PMCID: PMC11324426 DOI: 10.3389/pore.2024.1611813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer is a well-known genetic condition, inherited mainly in an autosomal dominant way, which elevates the risk of developing malignancies at a young age in heterozygous carriers. Advances in new generation sequencing have enabled medical professionals to determine whether a patient is harbouring mutations in moderate- or high penetrance susceptibility genes. We conducted a retrospective analysis among 275 patients who underwent genetic counselling and multigene panel testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome in our department. From these patients 74.5% (205/275) were affected by some type of malignancy, while the remaining 25.5% (70/275) had a positive family history of different cancers, suggesting a genetic predisposition. These tests confirmed a genetic variant in 29.8% and 28.6% of these patient groups respectively. The results also mirrored our general knowledge concerning the genetic background of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, as variants in either one of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes proved to be the most common cause among our patients with 41.5%. Our test also detected a novel mutation in the CDH1 gene and three patients with double heterozygosity in two different susceptibility genes. This study demonstrates the relevance of genetic counselling and non-BRCA gene sequencing among cancer patients and patients who fulfil the criteria for genetic testing, while also providing important details about the genetic profile of Hungarian patients.
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- László Baráti
- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Oncotherapy, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Urology Clinic, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Oncotherapy, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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Davidson AL, Michailidou K, Parsons MT, Fortuno C, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Naven M, Abubakar M, Ahearn TU, Alonso MR, Andrulis IL, Antoniou AC, Auvinen P, Behrens S, Bermisheva MA, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Brüning T, Byers HJ, Camp NJ, Campbell A, Castelao JE, Cessna MH, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Collée JM, Czene K, Dörk T, Eriksson M, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Figueroa JD, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, Glendon G, González-Neira A, Grassmann F, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Hadjisavvas A, Haeberle L, Hall P, Hamann U, Hartman M, Ho PJ, Hooning MJ, Hoppe R, Howell A, Jakubowska A, Khusnutdinova EK, Kristensen VN, Li J, Lim J, Lindblom A, Liu J, Lophatananon A, Mannermaa A, Mavroudis DA, Mensenkamp AR, Milne RL, Muir KR, Newman WG, Obi N, Panayiotidis MI, Park SK, Park-Simon TW, Peterlongo P, Radice P, Rashid MU, Rhenius V, Saloustros E, Sawyer EJ, Schmidt MK, Seibold P, Shah M, Southey MC, Teo SH, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Truong T, van de Beek I, van der Hout AH, Wendt CC, Dunning AM, Pharoah PDP, Devilee P, Easton DF, James PA, Spurdle AB. Co-observation of germline pathogenic variants in breast cancer predisposition genes: Results from analysis of the BRIDGES sequencing dataset. Am J Hum Genet 2024:S0002-9297(24)00246-5. [PMID: 39096911 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024] Open
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Co-observation of a gene variant with a pathogenic variant in another gene that explains the disease presentation has been designated as evidence against pathogenicity for commonly used variant classification guidelines. Multiple variant curation expert panels have specified, from consensus opinion, that this evidence type is not applicable for the classification of breast cancer predisposition gene variants. Statistical analysis of sequence data for 55,815 individuals diagnosed with breast cancer from the BRIDGES sequencing project was undertaken to formally assess the utility of co-observation data for germline variant classification. Our analysis included expected loss-of-function variants in 11 breast cancer predisposition genes and pathogenic missense variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, and TP53. We assessed whether co-observation of pathogenic variants in two different genes occurred more or less often than expected under the assumption of independence. Co-observation of pathogenic variants in each of BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 with the remaining genes was less frequent than expected. This evidence for depletion remained after adjustment for age at diagnosis, study design (familial versus population-based), and country. Co-observation of a variant of uncertain significance in BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 with a pathogenic variant in another breast cancer gene equated to supporting evidence against pathogenicity following criterion strength assignment based on the likelihood ratio and showed utility in reclassification of missense BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants identified in BRIDGES. Our approach has applicability for assessing the value of co-observation as a predictor of variant pathogenicity in other clinical contexts, including for gene-specific guidelines developed by ClinGen Variant Curation Expert Panels.
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- Aimee L Davidson
- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Biostatistics Unit, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus; Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Human Genotyping Unit-CeGen, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Fred A. Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Translational Cancer Research Area, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oncology, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; Department of Oncology, Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa 450054, Russia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Gynaecology Research Unit, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; N.N. Alexandrov Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology, Minsk 223040, Belarus
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- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2730 Herlev, Denmark; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2730 Herlev, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics & Cancer, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK
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- Oncology and Genetics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) Foundation, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, 36312 Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT, USA; Intermountain Biorepository, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Cancer Epidemiology Group, University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Gynaecology Research Unit, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA; Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Fundación Pública Gallega de IDIS, Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology Group, Genomic Medicine Group, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA; The Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Fred A. Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Human Genotyping Unit-CeGen, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden; Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany
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- International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland
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- Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, INSERM, Gustave Roussay, CESP, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Department of Cancer Genetics, Therapeutics and Ultrastructural Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, 118 83 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore City 117549, Singapore; Department of Surgery, National University Hospital and National University Health System, Singapore City 119228, Singapore; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore City 119228, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore City 117549, Singapore; Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A(∗)STAR), Singapore City 138672, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany; University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland; Independent Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Diagnostics, Pomeranian Medical University, 171-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa 450054, Russia; Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0379 Oslo, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A(∗)STAR), Singapore City 138672, Singapore
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- Breast Cancer Research Programme, Cancer Research Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Selangor 47500, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore City 117549, Singapore; Department of General Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore City 609606, Singapore
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Translational Cancer Research Area, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; Biobank of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 711 10 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 Nijmegen GA, the Netherlands
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cancer Genetics, Therapeutics and Ultrastructural Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea; Integrated Major in Innovative Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM ETS - the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (INT), 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Basic Sciences, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia; Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Breast Cancer Research Programme, Cancer Research Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Selangor 47500, Malaysia; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, UM Cancer Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota 110231, Colombia
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- Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, INSERM, Gustave Roussay, CESP, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, 118 83 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Computational Biomedicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK; Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Parkville Familial Cancer Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Kwong A, Ho CYS, Au CH, Ma ESK. Double Heterozygosity for Germline Mutations in Chinese Breast Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:2547. [PMID: 39061189 PMCID: PMC11274758 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16142547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Double pathogenic mutations occurring in an individual are considered a rare event. The introduction of a multiple-gene panel at Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry has allowed the identification of pathogenic variants in multiple genes, providing more information on clinical management and surveillance to the proband and their family members. Breast cancer patients who are double heterozygous (DH) for different hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBCO)-related genes were identified from a cohort of 3649 Chinese patients. Nine patients (0.25%) were observed to have germline DH mutations in ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDH1, CHEK2, MSH6, PALB2, and TP53. Three probands were diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer, two patients were diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer, and four patients had multiple primary cancers. The median age for breast cancer diagnosis was an early age of 36 years. Chinese DH carriers did not show worse phenotypes or have a significantly downhill clinical presentation. However, seven out of nine (77.8%) of our DH carriers harbored a BRCA1 mutation, and four of them (44.4%) developed bilateral breast cancer, suggesting Chinese DH individuals may have a higher chance of having bilateral breast cancer than other populations (p = 0.0237).
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- Ava Kwong
- Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wen S, Zhang M, Chen J, Hu L, Sun J, Yao L, Xu Y, Zhang J, Xie Y. Characteristics of Chinese breast cancer patients with double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline pathogenic variants. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024:10.1007/s10549-024-07409-4. [PMID: 38900213 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07409-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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PURPOSE Despite of very rare, breast cancer patients with double heterozygosity (DH) variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have been identified in other ethnic groups and seem to be associated with distinctive phenotypes. However, little is known about the frequency and clinical characteristics of Chinese breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 DH variants. METHODS Four hundred and eleven unrelated patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs) were identified in a large series of unselected breast cancer patients. Another two siblings with metachronous bilateral breast cancer were referred for genetic counseling, after which BRCA1/2 DH variants were detected. RESULTS Four unrelated breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 DH were identified in the cohort of 411 patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 PVs, the frequency of BRCA1/2 DH was 0.97%. In total, six BRCA1/2 DH patients from five families were found in this study. In two families, the hereditary pattern of DH was speculated to have originated from both sides of the family. BRCA1/2 DH patients were more likely to have a family history of breast cancer than patients with a BRCA1 (100% vs. 29.2%, P = 0.004) or BRCA2 (100% vs. 29.6%, P = 0.004) single PV. BRCA1/2 DH patients were more likely to be triple-negative breast tumors than patients with single BRCA2 PVs (66.7% vs. 14.1%, P = 0.020), which was comparable to the findings in patients with single BRCA1 PVs (66.7% vs. 56.9%, P = 1.00). CONCLUSION Chinese patients with BRCA1/2 DH exhibit a high percentage of family history of breast cancer. The tumor pathological features of BRCA1/2 DH carriers are similar to those of BRCA1 PV carriers.
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- Song Wen
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Familial and Hereditary Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
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Shao B, Di L. Metastatic breast cancer with double heterozygosity for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes responding to olaparib: A case report. Oncol Lett 2024; 27:253. [PMID: 38646498 PMCID: PMC11027096 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2024.14387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Olaparib was the first poly ADP-ribose polymerase inhibitor approved for patients with cancer with mutations in either BRCA1 or BRCA2 in China. To the best of our knowledge, however, no study has described the efficacy of olaparib for patients with breast cancer with double mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. The present case report describes a patient with breast cancer with deleterious germline mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2. The 56-year-old patient with multiple metastatic breast cancer underwent breast cancer resection with 12 years interval between removal of the left and right breast. Germline mutations in both BRCA1 (S405X) and BRCA2 (W2990X) were identified by NGS. She received two cycles of chemotherapy with a combination of albumin-bound paclitaxel and capecitabine; the response was progressive disease. Subsequently, the patient was treated with a gradual dosage of decreasing olaparib (600 to 300 mg BID) for 6 months until grade 3 anemia could not be alleviated by giving erythropoietin and iron, and CT imaging showed a partial response (35% reduction). The patient then switched to exemestane therapy due to the continuous grade 3 anemia. In conclusion, the present study reported a female patient with double heterozygosity of BRCA1 and BRCA2 who benefited from olaparib monotherapy. Thus, olaparib may be a suitable treatment for such patients.
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- Bin Shao
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Breast Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing 100142, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Breast Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing 100142, P.R. China
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Prabhakar N, Chiang H, Nabrinsky E, Eklund J. Report of Cholangiocarcinoma With Transheterozygous BRCA1 and BRCA2 Co-mutation. Cureus 2024; 16:e60767. [PMID: 38903278 PMCID: PMC11188839 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.60767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Cholangiocarcinoma is an aggressive malignancy involving the epithelial cells of the intrahepatic, perihilar, or extrahepatic biliary tree. It is a disease that is often diagnosed late in its course and progresses quickly. Identifying genomic mutations may provide an important utility in predicting disease course and individualizing therapy for these patients. Mutations in BRCA1 or BCRCA2 genes have been increasingly documented in hepatobiliary malignancies, but they remain a relatively uncommon occurrence. Co-mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are even rarer, with no previously documented reports to our knowledge of BRCA co-positivity in a patient with a hepatobiliary malignancy. We present a case of a patient with cholangiocarcinoma found to have mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
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- Nicholas Prabhakar
- Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, USA
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- Hematology and Oncology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, USA
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- Hematology and Oncology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, USA
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Suleman M, Khattak A, Akbar F, Rizwan M, Tayyab M, Yousaf M, Khan A, Albekairi NA, Agouni A, Crovella S. Analysis of E2F1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms reveals deleterious non-synonymous substitutions that disrupt E2F1-RB protein interaction in cancer. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 260:129559. [PMID: 38242392 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Cancer is a medical condition that is caused by the abnormal growth and division of cells, leading to the formation of tumors. The E2F1 and RB pathways are critical in regulating cell cycle, and their dysregulation can contribute to the development of cancer. In this study, we analyzed experimentally reported SNPs in E2F1 and assessed their effects on the binding affinity with RB. Out of 46, nine mutations were predicted as deleterious, and further analysis revealed four highly destabilizing mutations (L206W, R232C, I254T, A267T) that significantly altered the protein structure. Molecular docking of wild-type and mutant E2F1 with RB revealed a docking score of -242 kcal/mol for wild-type, while the mutant complexes had scores ranging from -217 to -220 kcal/mol. Molecular simulation analysis revealed variations in the dynamics features of both mutant and wild-type complexes due to the acquired mutations. Furthermore, the total binding free energy for the wild-type E2F1-RB complex was -64.89 kcal/mol, while those of the L206W, R232C, I254T, and A267T E2F1-RB mutants were -45.90 kcal/mol, -53.52 kcal/mol, -55.67 kcal/mol, and -61.22 kcal/mol, respectively. Our study is the first to extensively analyze E2F1 gene mutations and identifies candidate mutations for further validation and potential targeting for cancer therapeutics.
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- Muhammad Suleman
- Laboratory of Animal Research Center (LARC) Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Center for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Shaheed Benazir butto women university Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Center for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
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- Center for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, the University of Agriculture Peshawar.
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- Centre for Animal Sciences and Fisheries, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Post Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, QU Health, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
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- Laboratory of Animal Research Center (LARC) Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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Schwartz CJ, Khorsandi N, Blanco A, Mukhtar RA, Chen YY, Krings G. Clinicopathologic and genetic analysis of invasive breast carcinomas in women with germline CHEK2 variants. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024; 204:171-179. [PMID: 38091153 PMCID: PMC10806021 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07176-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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PURPOSE Germline pathogenic variants in checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK2) are associated with a moderately increased risk of breast cancer (BC). The spectrum of clinicopathologic features and genetics of these tumors has not been fully established. METHODS We characterized the histopathologic and clinicopathologic features of 44 CHEK2-associated BCs from 35 women, and assessed responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A subset of cases (n = 23) was additionally analyzed using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS). RESULTS Most (94%, 33/35) patients were heterozygous carriers for germline CHEK2 variants, and 40% had the c.1100delC allele. Two patients were homozygous, and five had additional germline pathogenic variants in ATM (2), PALB2 (1), RAD50 (1), or MUTYH (1). CHEK2-associated BCs occurred in younger women (median age 45 years, range 25-75) and were often multifocal (20%) or bilateral (11%). Most (86%, 38/44) were invasive ductal carcinomas of no special type (IDC-NST). Almost all (95%, 41/43) BCs were ER + (79% ER + HER2-, 16% ER + HER2 + , 5% ER-HER2 +), and most (69%) were luminal B. Nottingham grade, proliferation index, and results of multiparametric molecular testing were heterogeneous. Biallelic CHEK2 alteration with loss of heterozygosity was identified in most BCs (57%, 13/23) by NGS. Additional recurrent alterations included GATA3 (26%), PIK3CA (226%), CCND1 (22%), FGFR1 (22%), ERBB2 (17%), ZNF703 (17%), TP53 (9%), and PPM1D (9%), among others. Responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy were variable, but few patients (21%, 3/14) achieved pathologic complete response. Most patients (85%) were without evidence of disease at time of study (n = 34). Five patients (15%) developed distant metastasis, and one (3%) died (mean follow-up 50 months). CONCLUSION Almost all CHEK2-associated BCs were ER + IDC-NST, with most classified as luminal B with or without HER2 overexpression. NGS supported the luminal-like phenotype and confirmed CHEK2 as an oncogenic driver in the majority of cases. Responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy were variable but mostly incomplete.
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- Christopher J Schwartz
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 1825 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 1825 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 1825 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 1825 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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Horackova K, Janatova M, Kleiblova P, Kleibl Z, Soukupova J. Early-Onset Ovarian Cancer <30 Years: What Do We Know about Its Genetic Predisposition? Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17020. [PMID: 38069345 PMCID: PMC10707471 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242317020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in women. Most patients are diagnosed with advanced epithelial OC in their late 60s, and early-onset adult OC diagnosed ≤30 years is rare, accounting for less than 5% of all OC cases. The most significant risk factor for OC development are germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (GPVs) in OC predisposition genes (including BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, RAD51C, RAD51D, Lynch syndrome genes, or BRIP1), which contribute to the development of over 20% of all OC cases. GPVs in BRCA1/BRCA2 are the most prevalent. The presence of a GPV directs tailored cancer risk-reducing strategies for OC patients and their relatives. Identification of OC patients with GPVs can also have therapeutic consequences. Despite the general assumption that early cancer onset indicates higher involvement of hereditary cancer predisposition, the presence of GPVs in early-onset OC is rare (<10% of patients), and their heritability is uncertain. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the genetic predisposition to early-onset OC, with a special focus on epithelial OC, and suggests other alternative genetic factors (digenic, oligogenic, polygenic heritability, genetic mosaicism, imprinting, etc.) that may influence the development of early-onset OC in adult women lacking GPVs in known OC predisposition genes.
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- Klara Horackova
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.H.); (M.J.); (P.K.); (Z.K.)
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.H.); (M.J.); (P.K.); (Z.K.)
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.H.); (M.J.); (P.K.); (Z.K.)
- Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.H.); (M.J.); (P.K.); (Z.K.)
- Institute of Pathological Physiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.H.); (M.J.); (P.K.); (Z.K.)
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Madar L, Majoros V, Szűcs Z, Nagy O, Babicz T, Butz H, Patócs A, Balogh I, Koczok K. Double Heterozygosity for Rare Deleterious Variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in a Hungarian Patient with Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15334. [PMID: 37895014 PMCID: PMC10607119 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Hereditary breast cancer is most commonly attributed to germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene variants. The vast majority of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are single heterozygotes, and double heterozygosity (DH) is a very rare finding. Here, we describe the case of a BRCA1/BRCA2 double heterozygous female proband diagnosed with breast cancer. Genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer revealed two pathogenic variants in the BRCA1 (c.5095C>T, p.(Arg1699Trp)) and in BRCA2 genes (c.658_659delGT, p.(Val220Ilefs*4)) in heterozygous form. None of the variants were founder Jewish mutations; to our knowledge, these rare deleterious variants have not been previously described in DH patients in the literature. The patient had triple-negative unilateral breast cancer at the age of 36 and 44 years. Based on family studies, the BRCA1 variant was maternally inherited.
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- László Madar
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.M.); (V.M.); (Z.S.); (O.N.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.M.); (V.M.); (Z.S.); (O.N.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.M.); (V.M.); (Z.S.); (O.N.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.M.); (V.M.); (Z.S.); (O.N.)
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- Department of Oncoradiology, Nyíregyházi Jósa András Tagkórház, Szabolcs—Szatmár—Bereg County Teaching Hospital, 4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary;
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- National Tumorbiology Laboratory Budapest, Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary; (H.B.); (A.P.)
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- National Tumorbiology Laboratory Budapest, Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary; (H.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary;
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; (L.M.); (V.M.); (Z.S.); (O.N.)
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Rein HL, Bernstein KA. Finding significance: New perspectives in variant classification of the RAD51 regulators, BRCA2 and beyond. DNA Repair (Amst) 2023; 130:103563. [PMID: 37651978 PMCID: PMC10529980 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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For many individuals harboring a variant of uncertain functional significance (VUS) in a homologous recombination (HR) gene, their risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer is unknown. Integral to the process of HR are BRCA1 and regulators of the central HR protein, RAD51, including BRCA2, PALB2, RAD51C and RAD51D. Due to advancements in sequencing technology and the continued expansion of cancer screening panels, the number of VUS identified in these genes has risen significantly. Standard practices for variant classification utilize different types of predictive, population, phenotypic, allelic and functional evidence. While variant analysis is improving, there remains a struggle to keep up with demand. Understanding the effects of an HR variant can aid in preventative care and is critical for developing an effective cancer treatment plan. In this review, we discuss current perspectives in the classification of variants in the breast and ovarian cancer genes BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, RAD51C and RAD51D.
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- Hayley L Rein
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Butz H, Nagy P, Papp J, Bozsik A, Grolmusz VK, Pócza T, Oláh E, Patócs A. PALB2 Variants Extend the Mutational Profile of Hungarian Patients with Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:4350. [PMID: 37686625 PMCID: PMC10487218 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15174350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variant detection rate and profile of PALB2, the third most important breast cancer gene, may vary between different populations. METHODS PALB2 was analyzed in peripheral blood samples of three independent cohorts: prospectively between September 2021 and March 2023 (i) in 1280 consecutive patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC), (ii) in 568 patients with other cancers (controls), and retrospectively, (iii) in 191 young breast cancer (<33 years, yBC) patients. These data were compared with data of 134,187 non-cancer individuals retrieved from the Genome Aggregation Database. RESULTS Altogether, 235 cases (235/1280; 18.3%) carried at least one P/LP variant in one of the HBOC susceptibility genes. P/LP PALB2 variants were identified in 18 patients (1.4%; 18/1280) in the HBOC and 3 cases (1.5%; 3/191) in the yBC group. In the control group, only one patient had a disease-causing PALB2 variant (0.17%; 1/568) as a secondary finding not related to the disease, which was similar (0.15%; 205/134,187) in the non-cancer control group. The NM_024675.4:c.509_510delGA variant was the most common among our patients (33%; 6/18). We did not find a significant difference in the incidence of PALB2 disease-causing variants according to age; however, the median age of tumor onset was lower in PALB2 P/LP carriers versus wild-type patients (44 vs. 48 years). In our cohort, the odds ratio for breast cancer risk in women with PALB2 P/LP variants was between 8.1 and 9.3 compared to non-HBOC cancer patients and the non-cancer population, respectively. CONCLUSIONS PALB2 P/LP variants are not uncommon among breast and/or ovarian cancer patients. Their incidence was the same in the two breast cancer cohorts studied but may occur rarely in patients with non-breast/ovarian cancer. The c.509_510delGA variant is particularly common in the studied Hungarian patient population.
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- Henriett Butz
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
- Department of Oncology Biobank, National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary
- Hereditary Tumours Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
- Hereditary Tumours Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
- Hereditary Tumours Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
- Hereditary Tumours Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The National Tumor Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1122 Budapest, Hungary (A.B.); (V.K.G.); (T.P.); (E.O.); (A.P.)
- Hereditary Tumours Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1092 Budapest, Hungary
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Increased Co-Occurrence of Pathogenic Variants in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Lynch Syndromes: A Consequence of Multigene Panel Genetic Testing? Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911499. [PMID: 36232793 PMCID: PMC9570103 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The probability of carrying two pathogenic variants (PVs) in dominant cancer-predisposing genes for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and lynch syndromes in the same patient is uncommon, except in populations where founder effects exist. Two breast cancer women that are double heterozygotes (DH) for both BRCA1/BRCA2, one ovarian cancer case DH for BRCA1/RAD51C, and another breast and colorectal cancer who is DH for BRCA2/PMS2 were identified in our cohort. Ages at diagnosis and severity of disease in BRCA1/BRCA2 DH resembled BRCA1 single-carrier features. Similarly, the co-existence of the BRCA2 and PMS2 mutations prompted the development of breast and colorectal cancer in the same patient. The first BRCA1/BRCA2 DH was identified by HA-based and Sanger sequencing (1 of 623 families with BRCA PVs). However, this ratio has increased up to 2.9% (1 DH carrier vs. 103 single PV carriers) since using a custom 35-cancer gene on-demand panel. The type of cancer developed in each DH patient was consistent with the independently inherited condition, and the clinical outcome was no worse than in patients with single BRCA1 mutations. Therefore, the clinical impact, especially in patients with two hereditary syndromes, lies in genetic counseling tailor-made for each family based on the clinical guidelines for each syndrome. The number of DH is expected to be increased in the future as a result of next generation sequencing routines.
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Wang X, Kaneko K, Arakawa H, Habano E, Omi M, Nakashima E, Kawachi H, Tonooka A, Omatsu K, Nomura H, Yunokawa M, Kanao H, Takahashi S, Nakajima T, Ueki A. Detection of BRCA1 Pathogenic Variant in a 24-Year-Old Endometrial Cancer Patient: Risks of Several Hereditary Tumor Syndromes Assessed Using Germline Multigene Panel Testing. Case Rep Oncol 2022; 15:792-797. [PMID: 36157696 PMCID: PMC9459637 DOI: 10.1159/000525941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A 24-year-old woman suspected of Lynch syndrome was found to carry a BRCA1 pathogenic variant, based on germline multigene panel testing (MGPT). The patient was diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma and underwent modified radical hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic lymphadenectomy, and omentectomy at the age of 23. Based on her father's history of colorectal cancer and her history of early onset endometrial cancer, mismatch repair protein immunohistochemistry analysis was performed. However, no loss of expression for mismatch repair proteins was found. Given her family history of ovarian and breast cancers, MGPT was recommended to identify the presence of any hereditary tumor syndromes. This testing revealed a BRCA1 pathogenic variant (exon13: c.1016delA, p.Lys339ArgfsX2) and diagnosed as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC). Subsequently, the patient's mother also underwent single-site analysis for this variant, and the same pathogenic variant was detected. The patient and her mother are at high risk of developing BRCA1-associated HBOC-related cancers. Based on family history, clinical surveillance is currently underway for this patient and her mother. Currently, MGPT offers the potential for comprehensive genetic cancer risk assessment and may provide a more rational approach for the genetic assessment of those individuals whose personal and family cancer histories do not fit neatly into a single syndrome. This case suggests that if a patient is at high risk for hereditary tumor syndromes, MGPT should be considered to improve disease management strategies in clinical settings.
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- Xiaofei Wang
- Department of Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Genomic Medicine, The Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
- *Arisa Ueki,
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Algouneh A, Caudle M, Balci T, Andrade A, Penava D, Saleh M. Dual
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pathogenic variants in an adolescent with syndromic intellectual disability. Clin Case Rep 2022; 10:e6202. [PMID: 35957765 PMCID: PMC9360338 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Pathogenic variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risk for breast and ovarian cancers. Concurrent mutations in both genes in the same individual are rare but pose specific challenges when identified, usually through multigene panel testing or infrequently from a genome‐wide analysis, such as whole‐exome sequencing (WES). We present a 15‐year‐old female patient with syndromic intellectual disability whose exome reanalysis identified secondary findings of pathogenic BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants, both inherited paternally. We discuss the significant challenges posed by this finding in genetic counseling and cancer risk management of an adolescent with nonverbal intellectual disability, as well as the impact on their family. This rare case highlights the potential increased diagnostic yield of whole exome sequencing reanalysis and the consequences of secondary medically actionable results in a pediatric patient. We discuss the challenges in genetic counseling and cancer risk management of an adolescent with nonverbal intellectual disability and concurrent BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. This rare case highlights the potential increased diagnostic yield of whole‐exome sequencing reanalysis and the consequences of secondary medically actionable results in a pediatric patient.
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- Arash Algouneh
- Schulich School of Medicine Western University London Ontario Canada
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics London Health Sciences Centre London Ontario Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine Western University London Ontario Canada
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics London Health Sciences Centre London Ontario Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine Western University London Ontario Canada
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics Western University London Ontario Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine Western University London Ontario Canada
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology London Ontario Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine Western University London Ontario Canada
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics London Health Sciences Centre London Ontario Canada
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de Oliveira JM, Zurro NB, Coelho AVC, Caraciolo MP, de Alexandre RB, Cervato MC, Minillo RM, de Vasconcelos Carvalho Neto G, Grivicich I, Oliveira JB. The genetics of hereditary cancer risk syndromes in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis of 1682 patients. Eur J Hum Genet 2022; 30:818-823. [PMID: 35534704 PMCID: PMC9259741 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-022-01098-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hereditary cancer risk syndromes are caused by germline variants, commonly in tumor suppressor genes. Most studies on hereditary cancer have been conducted in white populations. We report the largest study in Brazilian individuals with multiple ethnicities. We genotyped 1682 individuals from all country regions with Next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels. Most were women with a personal/family history of cancer, mostly breast and ovarian. We identified 321 pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants in 305 people (18.1%) distributed among 32 genes. Most were on BRCA1 and BRCA2 (129 patients, 26.2% and 14.3% of all P/LP, respectively), MUTYH (42 monoallelic patients, 13.1%), PALB2 (25, 7.8%), Lynch syndrome genes (17, 5.3%), and TP53 (17, 5.3%). Transheterozygosity prevalence in our sample was 0.89% (15/1682). BRCA1/BRCA2 double heterozygosity rate was 0.78% (1/129) for BRCA variants carriers and 0.06% (1/1682) overall. We evaluated the performance of the genetic testing criteria by NCCN and the Brazilian National Health Agency (ANS). The inclusion criteria currently used in Brazil fail to identify 17%-25% of carriers of P/LP variants in hereditary cancer genes. Our results add knowledge on the Brazilian spectrum of cancer risk germline variants, demonstrate that large multigene panels have high positivity rates, and indicate that Brazilian inclusion criteria for genetic testing should be improved.
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- Jarbas Maciel de Oliveira
- Hospital Memorial Arcoverde, Arcoverde, Pernambuco Brazil ,grid.411513.30000 0001 2111 8057Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Aplicada à Saúde, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- grid.413562.70000 0001 0385 1941Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.413562.70000 0001 0385 1941Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.411513.30000 0001 2111 8057Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Aplicada à Saúde, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- grid.413562.70000 0001 0385 1941Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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Elalaoui SC, Laarabi FZ, Afif L, Lyahyai J, Ratbi I, Jaouad IC, Doubaj Y, Sahli M, Ouhenach M, Sefiani A. Mutational spectrum of BRCA1/2 genes in Moroccan patients with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer, and review of BRCA mutations in the MENA region. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022; 194:187-198. [PMID: 35578052 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-022-06622-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Breast cancer (BC) is the most common form of female cancer around the world. BC is mostly sporadic, and rarely hereditary. These hereditary forms are mostly BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are large and had some recurrent mutations specific to some populations. Through this work we analyze the most recurrent mutations in Moroccan population and compared them to a large review of other BRCA1/2 spectrum mutations in the MENA region. METHODS We report in this work a series of 163 unrelated patients (the largest series of Moroccan patients) with familial breast and/or ovarian cancer, selected among patients referred to our oncogenetic outpatient clinic, from 2006 to 2021. To identify genetic variants in these two genes, different genetic analysis strategies have been carried out, using Sanger Sequencing DNA or Target Panel Sequencing. RESULTS Pathogenic variants were identified in 27.6% of patients. The most frequent mutation identified in our patients was the c.1310_1313delAAGA, BRCA2 (33%), and three other mutations seem more frequent in the Moroccan population (33%) of all reported patients: c.798_799delTT, BRCA1; and c.3279delC, BRCA1; and c.7234_7235insG in BRCA2 gene. CONCLUSION Through this work, we emphasize the importance of screening for BRCA1 and BRCA2 recurrent mutations in Moroccan patients. Other MENA (MENA: English-language acronym referring to the Middle East and North Africa region) countries had also some recurrent BRCA mutations, which will allow a fast and unexpensive first line genetic analysis and a precise molecular diagnosis. This will allow an adapted follow-up of the patients and a pre-symptomatic diagnosis of their relatives.
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- Siham Chafai Elalaoui
- Génomique et Epidémiologie Moléculaire des Maladies Génétiques (G2MG), Centre GENOPATH, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. .,Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Génomique et Epidémiologie Moléculaire des Maladies Génétiques (G2MG), Centre GENOPATH, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.,Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Génomique et Epidémiologie Moléculaire des Maladies Génétiques (G2MG), Centre GENOPATH, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.,Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Génomique et Epidémiologie Moléculaire des Maladies Génétiques (G2MG), Centre GENOPATH, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.,Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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- Génomique et Epidémiologie Moléculaire des Maladies Génétiques (G2MG), Centre GENOPATH, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.,Département de Génétique Médicale, Institut National d'Hygiène, 27 Avenue Ibn Batouta, B.P 769, 11400, Rabat, Morocco
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Discovery of BRCA1/BRCA2 Founder Variants by Haplotype Analysis. Cancer Genet 2022; 266-267:19-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2022.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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McGuigan A, Whitworth J, Andreou A, Hearn T, Tischkowitz M, Maher ER. Multilocus Inherited Neoplasia Allele Syndrome (MINAS): an update. Eur J Hum Genet 2022; 30:265-270. [PMID: 34983940 PMCID: PMC8904543 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-01013-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Multi-locus Inherited Neoplasia Allele Syndrome (MINAS) refers to individuals with germline pathogenic variants in two or more cancer susceptibility genes(CSGs). With increased use of exome/genome sequencing it would be predicted that detection of MINAS would become more frequent. Here we review recent progress in knowledge of MINAS. A systematic literature search for reports of individuals with germline pathogenic variants in 2 or more of 94 CSGs was performed. In addition, participants with multiple primary tumours who underwent genome sequencing as part of the Rare Disease arm of the UK 100,000 Genomes Project were interrogated to detect additional cases. We identified 385 MINAS cases (211 reported in the last 5 years, 6 from 100,000 genomes participants). Most (287/385) cases contained at least one pathogenic variant in either BRCA1 or BRCA2. 108/385 MINAS cases had multiple primary tumours at presentation and a subset of cases presented unusual multiple tumour phenotypes. We conclude that, as predicted, increasing numbers of individuals with MINAS are being have been reported but, except for individuals with BRCA1/BRCA2 MINAS, individual CSG combinations are generally rare. In many cases it appears that the clinical phenotype is that which would be expected from the effects of the constituent CSG variants acting independently. However, in some instances the presence of unusual tumour phenotypes and/or multiple primary tumours suggests that there may be complex interactions between the relevant MINAS CSGs. Systematic reporting of MINAS cases in a MINAS database (e.g. https://databases.lovd.nl/shared/diseases/04296 ) will facilitate more accurate prognostic predictions for specific CSG combinations.
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- Anthony McGuigan
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Radmanesh H, Liu D, Geffers R, Shandiz FH, Sadr-Nabavi A, Hillemanns P, Park-Simon TW, Dörk T. Exome sequencing identifies RASSF1 and KLK3 germline variants in an Iranian multiple-case breast cancer family. Eur J Med Genet 2022; 65:104425. [PMID: 35032689 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy among women in both developed and developing countries. Although several genes have been identified to harbor germline variants contributing to breast cancer risk, much of the heritability for breast cancer is yet undefined. In the present study, we have performed exome sequencing to detect susceptibility genes in an Iranian family with five first-degree family members affected with breast cancer. We identified novel candidate variants with predicted pathogenicity in RASSF1, KLK3 and FAM81B. The RASSF1 and KLK3 variants, but not the FAM81B variant, partially co-segregated with disease in the investigated pedigree and were not found in additional screenings outside the specific family. RASSF1 p.S135F is a missense substitution abolishing the ATM phosphorylation site, and KLK3 variant p.M1? is a deletion at the initiation codon that is predicted to abolish translation to the functional kallikrein protease, PSA. Our study suggests germline variation in RASSF1 and KLK3 as candidate contributors to familial breast cancer predisposition and illustrates the difficulties to determine the causal genetic risk factor among novel variants restricted to a single family.
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- Hoda Radmanesh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Department of Radiology, Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Genome Analytics Unit, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Radiation Oncology Cancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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A Review of Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Adolescents and Young Adults. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13215552. [PMID: 34771713 PMCID: PMC8583289 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13215552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Cancer diagnosed in patients between the ages of 15 and 39 deserves special consideration. Diagnoses within this cohort of adolescents and young adults include childhood cancers which present at an older age than expected, or an early presentation of cancers that are typically observed in older adults, such as breast cancer. Cancers within this age group are associated with worse disease-free and overall survival rates, and the incidence of these cases are rising. Knowing an individual’s susceptibility to disease can change their clinical management and allow for the risk-testing of relatives. This review discusses the risk factors that contribute to breast cancer in this unique cohort of patients, including inherited genetic risk factors, as well as environmental and lifestyle factors. We also describe risk models that allow clinicians to quantify a patient’s lifetime risk of developing disease. Abstract Cancer in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) deserves special consideration for several reasons. AYA cancers encompass paediatric malignancies that present at an older age than expected, or early-onset of cancers that are typically observed in adults. However, disease diagnosed in the AYA population is distinct to those same cancers which are diagnosed in a paediatric or older adult setting. Worse disease-free and overall survival outcomes are observed in the AYA setting, and the incidence of AYA cancers is increasing. Knowledge of an individual’s underlying cancer predisposition can influence their clinical care and may facilitate early tumour surveillance strategies and cascade testing of at-risk relatives. This information can further influence reproductive decision making. In this review we discuss the risk factors contributing to AYA breast cancer, such as heritable predisposition, environmental, and lifestyle factors. We also describe a number of risk models which incorporate genetic factors that aid clinicians in quantifying an individual’s lifetime risk of disease.
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Hamdi Y, Boujemaa M, Mighri N, Mejri N, Jaidane O, Ben Nasr S, Bouaziz H, Hassouna JB, Zribi A, Berrazaga Y, Rachdi H, Daoud N, El Benna H, Labidi S, Haddaoui A, Rahal K, Benna F, Boussen H, Abdelhak S, Boubaker S. Identification of BRCA2 Cis Double Heterozygous Breast Cancer Cases Using Whole Exome Sequencing: Phenotypic Expression and Impact on Personalized Oncology. Front Genet 2021; 12:674990. [PMID: 34456966 PMCID: PMC8397457 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.674990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most commonly mutated breast cancer susceptibility genes that convey a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Most BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers have inherited a single heterozygous mutation. In recent years, very rare cases with biallelic or trans double heterozygous mutations on BRCA1 and or BRCA2 have been identified and seem to be associated with distinctive phenotypes. Given that this genotype-phenotype correlation in cancer predisposing hereditary conditions is of relevance for oncological prevention and genetic testing, it is important to investigate these rare BRCA genotypes for better clinical management of BRCA mutation carriers. Here we present the first report on Cis double heterozygosity (Cis DH) on BRCA2 gene identified using Whole exome sequencing (WES) in a Tunisian family with two BRCA2 mutations namely: c.632-1G>A and c.1310_1313DelAAGA that are both reported as pathogenic in ClinVar database. Subsequent analysis in 300 high-risk Tunisian breast cancer families detected this Cis double heterozygous genotype in 8 additional individuals belonging to 5 families from the same geographic origin suggesting a founder effect. Moreover, the observed Cis DH seems to be associated with an early age of onset (mean age = 35.33 years) and severe phenotype of the disease with high breast cancer grade and multiple cancer cases in the family. The identification of unusual BRCA genotypes in this Tunisian cohort highlights the importance of performing genetic studies in under-investigated populations. This will also potentially help avoiding erroneous classifications of genetic variants in African population and therefore avoiding clinical misdiagnosis of BRCA related cancers. Our findings will also have an impact on the genetic testing and the clinical management of North African breast cancer patients as well as patients from different other ethnic groups in regard to several emerging target therapies such as PARP inhibitors.
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- Yosr Hamdi
- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Laboratory of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Salah Azaiez Institute of Cancer, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Department of Medical Oncology, Military Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Surgical Oncology Department, Salah Azaiez Institute of Cancer, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Salah Azaiez Institute of Cancer, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Military Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Salah Azaiez Institute of Cancer, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, LR20IPT05, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Laboratory of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Duan H, Mansour S, Reed R, Gillis MK, Parent B, Liu B, Sztupinszki Z, Birkbak N, Szallasi Z, Elia AEH, Garber JE, Pathania S. E3 ligase RFWD3 is a novel modulator of stalled fork stability in BRCA2-deficient cells. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:151752. [PMID: 32391871 PMCID: PMC7265328 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201908192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BRCA1/2 help maintain genomic integrity by stabilizing stalled forks. Here, we identify the E3 ligase RFWD3 as an essential modulator of stalled fork stability in BRCA2-deficient cells and show that codepletion of RFWD3 rescues fork degradation, collapse, and cell sensitivity upon replication stress. Stalled forks in BRCA2-deficient cells accumulate phosphorylated and ubiquitinated replication protein A (ubq-pRPA), the latter of which is mediated by RFWD3. Generation of this intermediate requires SMARCAL1, suggesting that it depends on stalled fork reversal. We show that in BRCA2-deficient cells, rescuing fork degradation might not be sufficient to ensure fork repair. Depleting MRE11 in BRCA2-deficient cells does block fork degradation, but it does not prevent fork collapse and cell sensitivity in the presence of replication stress. No such ubq-pRPA intermediate is formed in BRCA1-deficient cells, and our results suggest that BRCA1 may function upstream of BRCA2 in the stalled fork repair pathway. Collectively, our data uncover a novel mechanism by which RFWD3 destabilizes forks in BRCA2-deficient cells.
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- Haohui Duan
- Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.,Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Boston Children's Hospital, Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston, MA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, Boston, MA
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- Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.,Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
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Sukumar J, Kassem M, Agnese D, Pilarski R, Ramaswamy B, Sweet K, Sardesai S. Concurrent germline BRCA1, BRCA2, and CHEK2 pathogenic variants in hereditary breast cancer: a case series. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021; 186:569-575. [PMID: 33507482 PMCID: PMC7990865 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-021-06095-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background Concurrent germline (g) pathogenic variants related to hereditary breast cancer represent a rare occurrence. While double heterozygosity in gBRCA1 and gBRCA2 has been reported in the past, herein we describe the first case of three known concurrent pathogenic variants identified in a family with a strong history of breast cancer. Case presentation The proband is a 55-year-old female diagnosed with synchronous bilateral breast cancers. She underwent a multi-gene panel testing indicating the presence of 3 concurrent heterozygous germline deleterious variants in BRCA1 (c.181T > G), BRCA2 (c.4398_4402delACATT), and CHEK2 (1100delC). The patient’s two daughters (34 and 29 years-old) were found to be transheterozygous for inherited pathogenic variants in BRCA1 (c.181T > G) and CHEK2 (1100delC) genes. Conclusion The cancer risk and phenotypic manifestations associated with transheterozygous or multiple concurrent deleterious germline variants in hereditary breast cancer requires further investigation. A personalized approach to counseling, screening, and risk reduction should be undertaken for these individuals.
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- Jasmine Sukumar
- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 1204A Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 1204A Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 1204A Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 1204A Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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The Tumor Microenvironment as a Driving Force of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Plasticity. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12123863. [PMID: 33371274 PMCID: PMC7766255 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12123863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Breast cancer stem cells are a subset of transformed cells that sustain tumor growth and can metastasize to secondary organs. Since metastasis accounts for most cancer deaths, it is of paramount importance to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate this subgroup of cells. The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the habitat in which transformed cells evolve, and it is composed by many different cell types and the extracellular matrix (ECM). A body of evidence strongly indicates that microenvironmental cues modulate stemness in breast cancer, and that the coevolution of the TME and cancer stem cells determine the fate of breast tumors. In this review, we summarize the studies providing links between the TME and the breast cancer stem cell phenotype and we discuss their specific interactions with immune cell subsets, stromal cells, and the ECM. Abstract Tumor progression involves the co-evolution of transformed cells and the milieu in which they live and expand. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are a specialized subset of cells that sustain tumor growth and drive metastatic colonization. However, the cellular hierarchy in breast tumors is rather plastic, and the capacity to transition from one cell state to another depends not only on the intrinsic properties of transformed cells, but also on the interplay with their niches. It has become evident that the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major player in regulating the BCSC phenotype and metastasis. The complexity of the TME is reflected in its number of players and in the interactions that they establish with each other. Multiple types of immune cells, stromal cells, and the extracellular matrix (ECM) form an intricate communication network with cancer cells, exert a highly selective pressure on the tumor, and provide supportive niches for BCSC expansion. A better understanding of the mechanisms regulating these interactions is crucial to develop strategies aimed at interfering with key BCSC niche factors, which may help reducing tumor heterogeneity and impair metastasis.
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Five Italian Families with Two Mutations in BRCA Genes. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11121451. [PMID: 33287145 PMCID: PMC7761639 DOI: 10.3390/genes11121451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Double heterozygosity (DH) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and double mutation (DM) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are extremely rare events in the general population, and few cases have been reported worldwide so far. Here, we describe five probands, all women, with breast and/or ovarian cancer and their families. Particularly, we identified two probands with DH in the BRCA1/2 genes with a frequency of 0.3% and three probands with DM in the BRCA2 gene with a frequency of 0.5%. The DH BRCA1 c.547+2T>A (IVS8+2T>A)/BRCA2 c.2830A>T (p.Lys944Ter) and BRCA1 c.3752_3755GTCT (p.Ser1253fs)/BRCA2 c.425+2T>C (IVS4+2T>C) have not been described together so far. The DM in BRCA2, c.631G>A (p.Val211Ile) and c.7008-2A>T (IVS13-2A>T), found in three unrelated probands, was previously reported in further unrelated patients. Due to its peculiarity, it is likely that both pathogenic variants descend from a common ancestor and, therefore, are founder mutations. Interestingly, analyzing the tumor types occurring in DH and DM families, we observed ovarian cancer only in DH families, probably due to the presence in DH patients of BRCA1 pathogenic variants, which predispose one more to ovarian cancer onset. Furthermore, male breast cancer and pancreatic cancer ensued in families with DM but not with DH. These data confirm that BRCA2 pathogenic variants have greater penetrance to develop breast cancer in men and are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.
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Lin X, Nagl S. A microfluidic chip for rapid analysis of DNA melting curves for BRCA2 mutation screening. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:3824-3831. [PMID: 32926049 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc00624f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A microfluidic chip integrated with a microheater and a luminescent temperature sensor for rapid, spatial melting curve analysis was developed and applied for the screening of a breast cancer gene fragment. The method could detect genetic differences in around 3 minutes total for the whole procedure, which is much faster than established procedures. A microfabrication technique was developed to allow for bonding of a temperature sensing thin film and a Pt microheater with PDMS and the chips could be employed to generate and measure thermal gradients and the fluorescence intensity of stained DNA through multispectral optical imaging. The sensing layer consisting of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) and a tris(1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(ii) temperature probe was generated by blade coating on a glass substrate with an attached Pt microheater. Calibration of the temperature between 20 and 90 °C yielded an overall resolution of around 0.13 K. The chip was employed for the screening of the BRCA 2 breast cancer gene; BRCA2 exon 5 was differentiated by its mutant rs80359463 by a 1.1 K difference in melting temperature and two fragments of BRCA2 exon 11 were differentiated by their mutants rs276174826 and rs876660311 by 0.7 K and 2.0 K, respectively. The standard deviations were between 0.1 and 0.5 K. Capable of detecting fluorescence in the DNA and temperature simultaneously and being imaged in a customized assembly, this microchip can be used to screen for mutations in a variety of DNA samples in disease diagnosis and prognosis.
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- Xuyan Lin
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Le Page C, Amuzu S, Rahimi K, Gotlieb W, Ragoussis J, Tonin PN. Lessons learned from understanding chemotherapy resistance in epithelial tubo-ovarian carcinoma from BRCA1and BRCA2mutation carriers. Semin Cancer Biol 2020; 77:110-126. [PMID: 32827632 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are multi-functional proteins and key factors for maintaining genomic stability through their roles in DNA double strand break repair by homologous recombination, rescuing stalled or damaged DNA replication forks, and regulation of cell cycle DNA damage checkpoints. Impairment of any of these critical roles results in genomic instability, a phenotypic hallmark of many cancers including breast and epithelial ovarian carcinomas (EOC). Damaging, usually loss of function germline and somatic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2, are important drivers of the development, progression, and management of high-grade serous tubo-ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). However, mutations in these genes render patients particularly sensitive to platinum-based chemotherapy, and to the more innovative targeted therapies with poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) that are targeted to BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers. Here, we reviewed the literature on the responsiveness of BRCA1/2-associated HGSOC to platinum-based chemotherapy and PARPis, and propose mechanisms underlying the frequent development of resistance to these therapeutic agents.
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- Cécile Le Page
- McGill Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- McGill Genome Centre, and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology, Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill Genome Centre, and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, McGill University, Cancer Research Program, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Evidence for an ancient BRCA1 pathogenic variant in inherited breast cancer patients from Senegal. NPJ Genom Med 2020; 5:8. [PMID: 32025337 PMCID: PMC6994613 DOI: 10.1038/s41525-020-0114-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most incriminated genes in inherited breast/ovarian cancers. Several pathogenic variants of these genes conferring genetic predisposition have been described in different populations but rarely in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of this study were to identify pathogenic variants of the BRCA genes involved in hereditary breast cancer in Senegal and to search for a founder effect. We recruited after free informed consent, 27 unrelated index cases diagnosed with breast cancer and each having a family history. Mutation screening of the genes identified a duplication of ten nucleotides c.815_824dupAGCCATGTGG, (p.Thr276Alafs) (NM_007294.3) located in exon 11 of BRCA1 gene, in 15 index cases (allelic frequency 27.7%). The pathogenic variant has been previously reported in African Americans as a founder mutation of West African origin. Haplotypes analysis of seven microsatellites surrounding the BRCA1 gene highlights a shared haplotype encompassing ~400 kb between D17S855 and D17S1325. This haplotype was not detected in none of 15 healthy controls. Estimation of the age of the pathogenic variant suggested that it occurred ~1400 years ago. Our study identified a founder pathogenic variant of BRCA1 predisposing to breast cancer and enabled the establishment of an affordable genetic test as a mean of prevention for Senegalese women at risk.
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Le Page C, Rahimi K, Rodrigues M, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Recio N, Tommasi S, Bataillon G, Portelance L, Golmard L, Meunier L, Tonin PN, Gotlieb W, Yasmeen A, Ray-Coquard I, Labidi-Galy SI, Provencher D, Mes-Masson AM. Clinicopathological features of women with epithelial ovarian cancer and double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2: A systematic review and case report analysis. Gynecol Oncol 2019; 156:377-386. [PMID: 31753525 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Carriers of pathogenic variants in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes as a double mutation (BRCA1/2 DM) have been rarely reported in women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS We reviewed the English literature and interrogated three repositories reporting EOC patients carrying BRCA1/2 DM. The clinicopathological parameters of 36 EOC patients carrying germline BRCA1/2 DM were compared to high-grade serous EOC women of the COEUR cohort with known germline BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carrier status (n = 376 non-carriers, n = 65 BRCA1 and n = 38 BRCA2). Clinicopathological parameters evaluated were age at diagnosis, stage of disease, loss of heterozygosity, type of mutation, immunohistochemistry profile, progression occurrence and survival. RESULTS Median age at diagnosis of BRCA1/2 DM patients was 51.9 years, similar to BRCA1 mutation carriers (49.7 years, p = .58) and younger than BRCA2 mutation carriers (58.1 years, p = .02). Most patients were diagnosed at advanced stage (III-IV; 82%) and were carriers of founder/frequent mutations (69%). Tissue immunostainings revealed no progesterone receptor expression and low intraepithelial inflammation. The 5-year survival rate (60%) was significantly lower than that of BRCA2 mutation carriers (76%, p = .03) but not of BRCA1 mutation carriers (51%, p = .37). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggests some co-dominant effect of both mutations but the outcome of these patients more closely resembled that of BRCA1 mutation carriers with poor prognosis factors.
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- Cécile Le Page
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Pathology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France; Department of Medical Oncology, INSERM U830 "Cancer, heterogeneity, instability and plasticity", Paris, France
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- Gynecological Cancer Centre and Ovarian Cancer Research Group, University Hospital Basel and Department of Biomedicine, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departments of Human Genetics, McGill University; Cancer Research Program, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France; Department of Biopathology, Paris, France
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France; Department of Genetics, Paris, France
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Departments of Human Genetics, McGill University; Cancer Research Program, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Division of Gynecology-Oncology, CHUM, QC, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CRCHUM), and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Laitman Y, Friebel TM, Yannoukakos D, Fostira F, Konstantopoulou I, Figlioli G, Bonanni B, Manoukian S, Zuradelli M, Tondini C, Pasini B, Peterlongo P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Jakimovska M, Majidzadeh K, Zarinfam S, Loizidou MA, Hadjisavvas A, Michailidou K, Kyriacou K, Behar DM, Molho RB, Ganz P, James P, Parsons MT, Sallam A, Olopade OI, Seth A, Chenevix-Trench G, Leslie G, McGuffog L, Marafie MJ, Megarbane A, Al-Mulla F, Rebbeck TR, Friedman E. The spectrum of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variants in Middle Eastern, North African, and South European countries. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:e1-e23. [PMID: 31209999 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BRCA1 BRCA2 mutational spectrum in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe is not well characterized. The unique history and cultural practices characterizing these regions, often involving consanguinity and inbreeding, plausibly led to the accumulation of population-specific founder pathogenic sequence variants (PSVs). To determine recurring BRCA PSVs in these locales, a search in PUBMED, EMBASE, BIC, and CIMBA was carried out combined with outreach to researchers from the relevant countries for unpublished data. We identified 232 PSVs in BRCA1 and 239 in BRCA2 in 25 of 33 countries surveyed. Common PSVs that were detected in four or more countries were c.5266dup (p.Gln1756Profs), c.181T>G (p.Cys61Gly), c.68_69del (p.Glu23Valfs), c.5030_5033del (p.Thr1677Ilefs), c.4327C>T (p.Arg1443Ter), c.5251C>T (p.Arg1751Ter), c.1016dup (p.Val340Glyfs), c.3700_3704del (p.Val1234Glnfs), c.4065_4068del (p.Asn1355Lysfs), c.1504_1508del (p.Leu502Alafs), c.843_846del (p.Ser282Tyrfs), c.798_799del (p.Ser267Lysfs), and c.3607C>T (p.Arg1203Ter) in BRCA1 and c.2808_2811del (p.Ala938Profs), c.5722_5723del (p.Leu1908Argfs), c.9097dup (p.Thr3033Asnfs), c.1310_1313del (p. p.Lys437Ilefs), and c.5946del (p.Ser1982Argfs) for BRCA2. Notably, some mutations (e.g., p.Asn257Lysfs (c.771_775del)) were observed in unrelated populations. Thus, seemingly genotyping recurring BRCA PSVs in specific populations may provide first pass BRCA genotyping platform.
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- Yael Laitman
- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, The Institute of Human Genetics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Humanitas Cancer Center, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Department of Genetics, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- The Institute of Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Parkville Familial Cancer Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, The Institute of Human Genetics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Friebel TM, Andrulis IL, Balmaña J, Blanco AM, Couch FJ, Daly MB, Domchek SM, Easton DF, Foulkes WD, Ganz PA, Garber J, Glendon G, Greene MH, Hulick PJ, Isaacs C, Jankowitz RC, Karlan BY, Kirk J, Kwong A, Lee A, Lesueur F, Lu KH, Nathanson KL, Neuhausen SL, Offit K, Palmero EI, Sharma P, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Tung N, van Rensburg EJ, Vega A, Weitzel JN, Hoskins KF, Maga T, Parsons MT, McGuffog L, Antoniou AC, Chenevix-Trench G, Huo D, Olopade OI, Rebbeck TR. BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variants in women of African origin or ancestry. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:1781-1796. [PMID: 31112363 PMCID: PMC6764847 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) pathogenic sequence variants (PSVs) confer elevated risks of multiple cancers. However, most BRCA1/2 PSVs reports focus on European ancestry individuals. Knowledge of the PSV distribution in African descent individuals is poorly understood. We undertook a systematic review of the published literature and publicly available databases reporting BRCA1/2 PSVs also accessed the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) database to identify African or African descent individuals. Using these data, we inferred which of the BRCA PSVs were likely to be of African continental origin. Of the 43,817 BRCA1/2 PSV carriers in the CIMBA database, 469 (1%) were of African descent. Additional African descent individuals were identified in public databases (n = 291) and the literature (n = 601). We identified 164 unique BRCA1 and 173 unique BRCA2 PSVs in individuals of African ancestry. Of these, 83 BRCA1 and 91 BRCA2 PSVs are of likely or possible African origin. We observed numerous differences in the distribution of PSV type and function in African origin versus non-African origin PSVs. Research in populations of African ancestry with BRCA1/2 PSVs is needed to provide the information needed for clinical management and decision-making in African descent individuals worldwide.
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- Tara M. Friebel
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Boston, MA: USA; 02115
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA: USA; 02215
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- Fred A. Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics. Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital. Toronto, ON: Canada; M5G 1X5
- Department of Molecular Genetics. University of Toronto. Toronto, ON: Canada; M5S 1A8
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- High Risk and Cancer Prevention Group. Vall dHebron Institute of Oncology, University Hospital Vall dHebron. Barcelona: Spain; 08035
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- Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program. University of California San Francisco. San Francisco, CA: USA; 94143-1714
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Mayo Clinic. Rochester, MN: USA; 55905
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- Department of Clinical Genetics. Fox Chase Cancer Center. Philadelphia, PA: USA; 19111
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: USA; 19104
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology. University of Cambridge. Cambridge: UK; CB1 8RN
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. University of Cambridge. Cambridge: UK; CB1 8RN
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- Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Human Genetics and Oncology. McGill University. Montréal, QC: Canada; H4A 3J1
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- Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre, UCLA. Los Angeles, CA: USA; 90096-6900
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- Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA: USA; 02215
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- Fred A. Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics. Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital. Toronto, ON: Canada; M5G 1X5
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD: USA; 20850-9772
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- Center for Medical Genetics. NorthShore University HealthSystem. Evanston, IL: USA; 60201
- The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Chicago, IL: USA; 60637
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University. Washington, DC: USA; 20007
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Pittsburgh: USA; PA 15232
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- Womens Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA: USA; 90048
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- Familial Cancer Service. Weatmead Hospital. Vol P.O. Box 533. Wentworthville, New South Wales: Australia; 2145
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- Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Genetics Centre. Happy Valley: Hong Kong
- Department of Surgery. The University of Hong Kong. Pok Fu Lam: Hong Kong
- Department of Surgery. Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. Happy Valley: Hong Kong
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- The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Manhasset, NY: USA; 11030
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- Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer team. Inserm U900. Paris: France; 75005
- Service de Génétique. Institut Curie. Paris: France; 75005
- Institut Curie. Paris: France; 75005
- Mines ParisTech. Fontainebleau: France; 77305
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Clinical Cancer Genetics Program. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX: USA; 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: USA; 19104
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- Department of Population Sciences. Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope. Duarte, CA: USA; 91010
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- Clinical Genetics Research Lab, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY: USA; 10065
- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY: USA; 10065
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center. Barretos Cancer Hospital. São Paulo: Brazil; 784-400
- Barretos School of Health Sciences, Dr. Paulo Prata - FACISB. São Paulo: Brazil; 785-002
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology. University of Kansas Medical Center. Westwood, KS: USA; 66205
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- Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Human Genetics and Oncology. McGill University. Montréal, QC: Canada; H4A 3J1
- Department of Medical Genetics. University of Cambridge. Vol Box 134, Level 6 Addenbrookes Treatment Centre, Addenbrookes Hosptital. Cambridge: UK; CB2 0QQ
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH: USA; 43210
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- Department of Medical Oncology. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Boston, MA: USA; 02215
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- Fundación Pública Galega Medicina Xenómica. Santiago De Compostela: Spain; 15706
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago De Compostela: Spain; 15706
- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER). Madrid: Spain; 28029
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- Department of Medicine. University of Illinois. Chicago, IL: USA
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- Department of Medicine. University of Illinois. Chicago, IL: USA
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Vol Locked Bag 2000, Herston, QLD 4029. Brisbane, Queensland: Australia; 4006
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. University of Cambridge. Cambridge: UK; CB1 8RN
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. University of Cambridge. Cambridge: UK; CB1 8RN
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Vol Locked Bag 2000, Herston, QLD 4029. Brisbane, Queensland: Australia; 4006
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics. The University of Chicago. Chicago, IL: USA; 60637
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Boston, MA: USA; 02115
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA: USA; 02215
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing through Next Generation Sequencing in a Small Cohort of Italian Breast/Ovarian Cancer Patients: Novel Pathogenic and Unknown Clinical Significance Variants. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20143442. [PMID: 31336956 PMCID: PMC6678297 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The aim of this report is to describe results of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (NGS) analysis in 132 selected Italian patients with breast/ovarian cancer. A NGS pipeline with a reliable Copy Number Variation (CNV) prediction algorithm was applied. In addition, VarSome and Priors V2.0 Software were employed for in silico analysis of novel missense variants. A total of 37 BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants were found in 34 unrelated subjects with a frequency of positive patients of 25.7% (34/132). Twenty-four deleterious variants were detected in BRCA1 (representing the 64.9% of all identified pathogenic defects) and thirteen (35.1% of all identified pathogenic variants) in BRCA2 gene. The percentage of patients carrying a variant of unknown significance (VUS) was 7.5% (10/132). In addition, seven novel variants (five in BRCA2 and two in BRCA1 gene), never previously reported, were identified. Our approach represents a robust and easy-to-use method for full BRCA1/2 screening. However, a consistent number of our high-risk families still remained without a satisfying answer. Necessarily, further collective efforts must be directed to a definitive classification of VUSs. The future auspice is that the use of multi-gene panel and more advanced screenings, such as whole exome sequencing and/or RNA seq, in routine diagnostics increases the detection rate.
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Nones K, Johnson J, Newell F, Patch AM, Thorne H, Kazakoff SH, de Luca XM, Parsons MT, Ferguson K, Reid LE, McCart Reed AE, Srihari S, Lakis V, Davidson AL, Mukhopadhyay P, Holmes O, Xu Q, Wood S, Leonard C, Beesley J, Harris JM, Barnes D, Degasperi A, Ragan MA, Spurdle AB, Khanna KK, Lakhani SR, Pearson JV, Nik-Zainal S, Chenevix-Trench G, Waddell N, Simpson PT. Whole-genome sequencing reveals clinically relevant insights into the aetiology of familial breast cancers. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:1071-1079. [PMID: 31090900 PMCID: PMC6637375 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is a powerful method for revealing the diversity and complexity of the somatic mutation burden of tumours. Here, we investigated the utility of tumour and matched germline WGS for understanding aetiology and treatment opportunities for high-risk individuals with familial breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS We carried out WGS on 78 paired germline and tumour DNA samples from individuals carrying pathogenic variants in BRCA1 (n = 26) or BRCA2 (n = 22) or from non-carriers (non-BRCA1/2; n = 30). RESULTS Matched germline/tumour WGS and somatic mutational signature analysis revealed patients with unreported, dual pathogenic germline variants in cancer risk genes (BRCA1/BRCA2; BRCA1/MUTYH). The strategy identified that 100% of tumours from BRCA1 carriers and 91% of tumours from BRCA2 carriers exhibited biallelic inactivation of the respective gene, together with somatic mutational signatures suggestive of a functional deficiency in homologous recombination. A set of non-BRCA1/2 tumours also had somatic signatures indicative of BRCA-deficiency, including tumours with BRCA1 promoter methylation, and tumours from carriers of a PALB2 pathogenic germline variant and a BRCA2 variant of uncertain significance. A subset of 13 non-BRCA1/2 tumours from early onset cases were BRCA-proficient, yet displayed complex clustered structural rearrangements associated with the amplification of oncogenes and pathogenic germline variants in TP53, ATM and CHEK2. CONCLUSIONS Our study highlights the role that WGS of matched germline/tumour DNA and the somatic mutational signatures can play in the discovery of pathogenic germline variants and for providing supporting evidence for variant pathogenicity. WGS-derived signatures were more robust than germline status and other genomic predictors of homologous recombination deficiency, thus impacting the selection of platinum-based or PARP inhibitor therapy. In this first examination of non-BRCA1/2 tumours by WGS, we illustrate the considerable heterogeneity of these tumour genomes and highlight that complex genomic rearrangements may drive tumourigenesis in a subset of cases.
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- K Nones
- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- kConFab Investigators, The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Molecular Cancer Epidemiology Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Cancer Genetics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Health, School Biomedical Science - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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- MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge; Department of Medical Genetics, The Clinical School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Molecular Cancer Epidemiology Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Signal Transduction Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD; Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge; Department of Medical Genetics, The Clinical School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Genetics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
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Thomas MH, Higgs LK, Modesitt SC, Schroen AT, Ring KL, Dillon PM. Cases and evidence for panel testing in cancer genetics: Is site-specific testing dead? J Genet Couns 2019; 28:700-707. [PMID: 30706980 DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Historically in cancer genetic counseling, when a pathogenic variant is found which explains the cancers in the family, at risk family members are offered site-specific testing to identify whether or not they have the previously identified pathogenic variant. Factors such as turnaround times, cost, and insurance coverage all made site-specific testing the most appropriate testing option; however, as turnaround times and costs have substantially dropped and the recognition of double heterozygous families and families with nontraditional presentations has increased, the utility of site-specific testing should be questioned. We present four cases where ordering site-specific testing would have missed a clinically relevant pathogenic variant which raises the question of whether or not site-specific testing should be regularly used in cancer genetic testing.
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- Martha H Thomas
- Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.,Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Virginia
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Fernández-Lopez JC, Romero-Córdoba S, Rebollar-Vega R, Alfaro-Ruiz LA, Jiménez-Morales S, Beltrán-Anaya F, Arellano-Llamas R, Cedro-Tanda A, Rios-Romero M, Ramirez-Florencio M, Bautista-Piña V, Dominguez-Reyes C, Villegas-Carlos F, Tenorio-Torres A, Hidalgo-Miranda A. Population and breast cancer patients' analysis reveals the diversity of genomic variation of the BRCA genes in the Mexican population. Hum Genomics 2019; 13:3. [PMID: 30630528 PMCID: PMC6327376 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-018-0188-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Interpretation of variants of unknown significance (VUS) in genetic tests is complicated in ethnically diverse populations, given the lack of information regarding the common spectrum of genetic variation in clinically relevant genes. Public availability of data obtained from high-throughput genotyping and/or exome massive parallel sequencing (MPS)-based projects from several thousands of outbred samples might become useful tools to evaluate the pathogenicity of a VUS, based on its frequency in different populations. In the case of the Mexican and other Latino populations, several thousands of samples have been genotyped or sequenced during the last few years as part of different efforts to identify common variants associated to common diseases. In this report, we analyzed Mexican population data from a sample of 3985 outbred individuals, and additional 66 hereditary breast cancer patients were analyzed in order to better define the spectrum of common genomic variation of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Our analyses identified the most common genetic variants in these clinically relevant genes as well as the presence and frequency of specific pathogenic mutations present in the Mexican population. Analysis of the 3985 population samples by MPS identified three pathogenic mutations in BRCA1, only one population sample showed a BRCA1 exon 16-17 deletion by MLPA. This resulted in a basal prevalence of deleterious mutations of 0.10% (1:996) for BRCA1 and 11 pathogenic mutations in BRCA2, resulting in a basal prevalence of deleterious mutations of 0.276% (1:362) for BRCA2, combined of 0.376% (1:265). Separate analysis of the breast cancer patients identified the presence of pathogenic mutations in 18% (12 pathogenic mutations in 66 patients) of the samples by MPS and 13 additional alterations by MLPA. These results will support a better interpretation of clinical studies focused on the detection of BRCA mutations in Mexican and Latino populations and will help to define the general prevalence of deleterious mutations within these populations.
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- J C Fernández-Lopez
- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Instituto de Enfermedades la Mama FUCAM, Avenida El Bordo 100, Santa Ursula Coapa, 04980, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Instituto de Enfermedades la Mama FUCAM, Avenida El Bordo 100, Santa Ursula Coapa, 04980, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Instituto de Enfermedades la Mama FUCAM, Avenida El Bordo 100, Santa Ursula Coapa, 04980, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Instituto de Enfermedades la Mama FUCAM, Avenida El Bordo 100, Santa Ursula Coapa, 04980, Mexico City, CP, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Perfiérico Sur, 4809, Arenal Tepepan, 14610, Mexico City, CP, Mexico.
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Stradella A, Del Valle J, Rofes P, Feliubadaló L, Grau Garces È, Velasco À, González S, Vargas G, Izquierdo Á, Campos O, Tornero E, Navarro M, Balmaña-Gelpi J, Capellá G, Pineda M, Brunet J, Lázaro C. Does multilocus inherited neoplasia alleles syndrome have severe clinical expression? J Med Genet 2018; 56:521-525. [PMID: 30580288 PMCID: PMC6678040 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2018-105700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Genetic testing of hereditary cancer using comprehensive gene panels can identify patients with more than one pathogenic mutation in high and/or moderate-risk-associated cancer genes. This phenomenon is known as multilocus inherited neoplasia alleles syndrome (MINAS), which has been potentially linked to more severe clinical manifestations. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical features of MINAS in a large cohort of adult patients with hereditary cancer homogeneously tested with the same gene panel. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cohort of 1023 unrelated patients with suspicion of hereditary cancer was screened using a validated panel including up to 135 genes associated with hereditary cancer and phakomatoses. RESULTS Thirteen (1.37%) patients harbouring two pathogenic mutations in dominant cancer-predisposing genes were identified, representing 5.7% (13/226) of patients with pathogenic mutations. Most (10/13) of these cases presented clinical manifestations associated with only one of the mutations identified. One case showed mutations in MEN1 and MLH1 and developed tumours associated with both cancer syndromes. Interestingly, three of the double mutants had a young age of onset or severe breast cancer phenotype and carried mutations in moderate to low-risk DNA damage repair-associated genes; two of them presented biallelic inactivation of CHEK2. We included these two patients for the sake of their clinical interest although we are aware that they do not exactly fulfil the definition of MINAS since both mutations are in the same gene. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Genetic analysis of a broad cancer gene panel identified the largest series of patients with MINAS described in a single study. Overall, our data do not support the existence of more severe manifestations in double mutants at the time of diagnosis although they do confirm previous evidence of severe phenotype in biallelic CHEK2 and other DNA repair cancer-predisposing genes.
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- Agostina Stradella
- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBGI, Girona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBGI, Girona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- High Risk and Cancer Prevention Unit, Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron and Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBGI, Girona, Spain.,Medical Sciences Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Program in Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Soares-Souza G, Borda V, Kehdy F, Tarazona-Santos E. Admixture, Genetics and Complex Diseases in Latin Americans and US Hispanics. CURRENT GENETIC MEDICINE REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40142-018-0151-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Martínez-Treviño DA, León-Cachón RBR, Villarreal-Garza C, Aguilar Y Méndez D, Aguilar-Martínez E, Barrera-Saldaña HA. A novel method to detect the Mexican founder mutation BRCA1 ex9‑12del associated with breast and ovarian cancer using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and TaqMan® probes. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:1531-1537. [PMID: 29901183 PMCID: PMC6072190 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
In 2015, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), malignant breast tumors were the first cause of cancer fatality in women (6,273 fatalities) in Mexico, whereas 2,793 fatalities in women were due to ovarian cancer. A total of 5–10% of breast cancer and 10–15% of ovarian cancer cases are caused by a hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome, with mutations predominantly identified in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Recently, the Mexican founder mutation BRCA1 ex9-12del was identified (deletion of exons 9–12 with recombination between introns 8–12). This is the most frequently reported mutation in hereditary breast/ovarian cancer in Mexico. Current detection methods include end-point polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA). In the present study a cheap, sensitive and fast detection method was developed based on quantitative PCR and two TaqMan® probes, one to detect the deletion (recombination region between introns 8 and 12), and the other one a region from exon 11. With this assay, 90 samples were able to be analyzed in 2 h using 2.5 ng of DNA/reaction at a cost of ~2–3 USD. This method is capable of detecting positive samples for DNA deletion and excluding negative ones. Therefore, the method proposed may be a useful high-throughput diagnostic option that could be useful in future association or prevalence studies that use large populations.
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- Denisse Aideé Martínez-Treviño
- Center of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon 66238, Mexico
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- Center of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon 66238, Mexico
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- Breast Cancer Center, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 64710, Mexico
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- Breast Cancer Center, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 64710, Mexico
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
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Rebbeck TR, Friebel TM, Friedman E, Hamann U, Huo D, Kwong A, Olah E, Olopade OI, Solano AR, Teo SH, Thomassen M, Weitzel JN, Chan TL, Couch FJ, Goldgar DE, Kruse TA, Palmero EI, Park SK, Torres D, van Rensburg EJ, McGuffog L, Parsons MT, Leslie G, Aalfs CM, Abugattas J, Adlard J, Agata S, Aittomäki K, Andrews L, Andrulis IL, Arason A, Arnold N, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Auerbach L, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barile M, Barkardottir RB, Barrowdale D, Benitez J, Berger A, Berger R, Blanco AM, Blazer KR, Blok MJ, Bonadona V, Bonanni B, Bradbury AR, Brewer C, Buecher B, Buys SS, Caldes T, Caliebe A, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Caputo S, Chiquette J, Chung WK, Claes KB, Collée JM, Cook J, Davidson R, de la Hoya M, De Leeneer K, de Pauw A, Delnatte C, Diez O, Ding YC, Ditsch N, Domchek SM, Dorfling CM, Velazquez C, Dworniczak B, Eason J, Easton DF, Eeles R, Ehrencrona H, Ejlertsen B, Engel C, Engert S, Evans DG, Faivre L, Feliubadaló L, Ferrer SF, Foretova L, Fowler J, Frost D, Galvão HCR, Ganz PA, Garber J, Gauthier-Villars M, Gehrig A, Gerdes AM, Gesta P, Giannini G, Giraud S, Glendon G, Godwin AK, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Gutierrez-Barrera A, Hahnen E, Hauke J, Henderson A, Hentschel J, Hogervorst FB, Honisch E, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Izquierdo A, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jensen UB, John EM, Joseph V, Kaczmarek K, Karlan BY, Kast K, Kim SW, Konstantopoulou I, Korach J, Laitman Y, Lasa A, Lasset C, Lázaro C, Lee A, Lee MH, Lester J, Lesueur F, Liljegren A, Lindor NM, Longy M, Loud JT, Lu KH, Lubinski J, Machackova E, Manoukian S, Mari V, Martínez-Bouzas C, Matrai Z, Mebirouk N, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Meindl A, Mensenkamp AR, Mickys U, Miller A, Montagna M, Moysich KB, Mulligan AM, Musinsky J, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Ngeow J, Nguyen HP, Niederacher D, Nielsen HR, Nielsen FC, Nussbaum RL, Offit K, Öfverholm A, Ong KR, Osorio A, Papi L, Papp J, Pasini B, Pedersen IS, Peixoto A, Peruga N, Peterlongo P, Pohl E, Pradhan N, Prajzendanc K, Prieur F, Pujol P, Radice P, Ramus SJ, Rantala J, Rashid MU, Rhiem K, Robson M, Rodriguez GC, Rogers MT, Rudaitis V, Schmidt AY, Schmutzler RK, Senter L, Shah PD, Sharma P, Side LE, Simard J, Singer CF, Skytte AB, Slavin TP, Snape K, Sobol H, Southey M, Steele L, Steinemann D, Sukiennicki G, Sutter C, Szabo CI, Tan YY, Teixeira MR, Terry MB, Teulé A, Thomas A, Thull DL, Tischkowitz M, Tognazzo S, Toland AE, Topka S, Trainer AH, Tung N, van Asperen CJ, van der Hout AH, van der Kolk LE, van der Luijt RB, Van Heetvelde M, Varesco L, Varon-Mateeva R, Vega A, Villarreal-Garza C, von Wachenfeldt A, Walker L, Wang-Gohrke S, Wappenschmidt B, Weber BHF, Yannoukakos D, Yoon SY, Zanzottera C, Zidan J, Zorn KK, Hutten Selkirk CG, Hulick PJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Spurdle AB, Antoniou AC, Nathanson KL. Mutational spectrum in a worldwide study of 29,700 families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:593-620. [PMID: 29446198 PMCID: PMC5903938 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
The prevalence and spectrum of germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 have been reported in single populations, with the majority of reports focused on White in Europe and North America. The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) has assembled data on 18,435 families with BRCA1 mutations and 11,351 families with BRCA2 mutations ascertained from 69 centers in 49 countries on six continents. This study comprehensively describes the characteristics of the 1,650 unique BRCA1 and 1,731 unique BRCA2 deleterious (disease-associated) mutations identified in the CIMBA database. We observed substantial variation in mutation type and frequency by geographical region and race/ethnicity. In addition to known founder mutations, mutations of relatively high frequency were identified in specific racial/ethnic or geographic groups that may reflect founder mutations and which could be used in targeted (panel) first pass genotyping for specific populations. Knowledge of the population-specific mutational spectrum in BRCA1 and BRCA2 could inform efficient strategies for genetic testing and may justify a more broad-based oncogenetic testing in some populations.
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- Timothy R. Rebbeck
- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 1101 Dana Building, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 1101 Dana Building, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2115 Chicago, IL, USA
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- The Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, Cancer Genetics Center, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- INBIOMED, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires/CONICET and CEMIC, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Medical Direction, Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, 1 Jalan SS12/1A, Subang Jaya, 47500, Malaysia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Sonder Boulevard 29, Odense C, Denmark
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010 USA
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 1/F Li Shu Fan Block, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 4B454, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Sonder Boulevard 29, Odense C, Denmark
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 1) Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine; 2) Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University Graduate School; 3) Cancer Research Center, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7, Bogota, 11001000, Colombia
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- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia 0007, South Africa
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Genetics and Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genomics Community Research Network, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Via Gattamelata 64, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. BOX 160 (Meilahdentie 2), 00029 HUS, Finland
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- Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, High Street, Randwick, NSW 2031 Australia
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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- Department of Pathology, hus 9, Landspitali-LSH v/Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology and Clinical Cancer Genetics Program, University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Pressler Street, CBP 5, Houston, TX, USA
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- Dept of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Dept of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Instituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Via Giacomo Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology. University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO), via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Pathology, hus 9, Landspitali-LSH v/Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland and BMC (Biomedical Centre), Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Vatnsmyrarvegi 16, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Human Genetics Group and Genotyping Unit (CEGEN), Human Cancer Genetics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain. Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain
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- Dept of OB/GYN, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- The Institute of Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
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- UCSF Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program, San Francisco, CA 94143-1714
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010 USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Unité de Prévention et d’Epidémiologie Génétique, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laënnec, Lyon, France
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO), via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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- Service de Génétique, Institut Curie, 26, rue d’Ulm, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, CIBERONC. Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
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- Section of Genetic Oncology, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, University and University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Gratten Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Service de Génétique, Institut Curie, 26, rue d’Ulm, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- CRCHU de Quebec-oncologie, Centre des maladies du sein Deschênes-Fabia, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement,1050, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec Canada
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032 USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sheffield Clinical Genetics Service, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, South Glasgow University Hospitals, Glasgow, UK
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, CIBERONC. Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Service de Génétique, Institut Curie, 26, rue d’Ulm, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Unité d'oncogénétique, ICO-Centre René Gauducheau, Boulevard Jacques Monod, 44805 Nantes Saint Herblain Cedex, France
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- Oncogenetics Group, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Clinical and Molecular Genetics Area, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia 0007, South Africa
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- Cáncer Hereditario, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, IBGM, Universidad de Valladolid, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, UVA-CSIC. Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Nottingham Clinical Genetics Service, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Oncogenetics Team, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany
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- Genomic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges François Leclerc, 1 rue Professeur Marion, BP 77 980, Dijon Cedex, France and Genomic and Immunotherapy Medical Institute, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, ICO-IDIBELL (Catalan Institute of Oncology-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute), CIBERONC, Gran Via de l'Hospitalet, 199-203. 08908 L'Hospitalet. Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Chromosomique, Hôtel Dieu Centre Hospitalier, BP 1125 Chambéry, France
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Zluty kopec 7, Brno, 65653, Czech Republic
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- Ohio State University /Columbus Cancer Council, Columbus, OH 43221, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, 650 Charles Young Drive South, Room A2-125 HS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900, USA
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- Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France; Institut Curie, INSERM U830, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet 4062, Blegdamsvej 9, København Ø, Denmark
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- Service Régional Oncogénétique Poitou-Charentes, Centre Hospitalier, 79021 Niort
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University La Sapienza, and Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Bâtiment Cheney D, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laënnec, Lyon, France
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- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network: Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard,4019 Wahl Hall East, MS 3040, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, DCEG, NCI, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 6E-454, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology and Clinical Cancer Genetics Program, University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Pressler Street, CBP 5, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- The Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON), Coordinating center: Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre for Life, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Family Cancer Clinic, Netherlands Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 90203, 1006 BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC, USA
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBGI (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona), Catalan Institute of Oncology, CIBERONC, Av. França s/n. 1707 Girona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Parkville Familial Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Gratten Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics, Hereditary Cancer Competence Center Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Center Room P519 Santariskiu st. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 21C, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538, USA and Department of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10044, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 290W, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Research Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Daerim St. Mary's Hospital, 657 Siheung-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES (Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology), National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Patriarchou Gregoriou & Neapoleos str., Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- The Gyneco-Oncology Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
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- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Servicio de Genética-CIBERER U705, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
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- Unité de Prévention et d’Epidémiologie Génétique, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laënnec, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, ICO-IDIBELL (Catalan Institute of Oncology-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute), CIBERONC, Gran Via de l'Hospitalet, 199-203. 08908 L'Hospitalet. Barcelona, Spain
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- The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 350 Community Drive Manhasset NY
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University and Seoul Hospital, 59 Daesagwan-Ro, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 290W, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Mines ParisTech, Inserm U900, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Oncology Radiumhemmet and Institution of Oncology and Patology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 13400 E. Scottsdale Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Oncogénétique, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l'Argonne, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, DCEG, NCI, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 6E-536, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology and Clinical Cancer Genetics Program, University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Pressler Street, CPB 6, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Zluty kopec 7, Brno, 65653, Czech Republic
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Instituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Via Giacomo Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Centre Antoine Lacassagne, 33 Avenue de Valombrose, Nice, France
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Servicio de Genética, Hospital Universitario Cruces, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Mines ParisTech, Inserm U900, 26 rue d'Ulm, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Vilnius university Santariskiu hospital, National Center of Pathology, Baublio st. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- NRG Oncology, Statistics and Data Management Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm St & Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Via Gattamelata 64, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10044, USA
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Biomedicum Helsinki, P.O. BOX 700 (Haartmaninkatu 8), 00029 HUS, Finland
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- Cancer Genetics Service, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, 11 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169610
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Sonder Boulevard 29, Odense C, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine, Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10044, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women’s Hospital Healthcare NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Human Genetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain. Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Santena 19, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Reberbansgade 15, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal, and Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- IFOM, The FIRC (Italian Foundation for Cancer Research) Institute of Molecular Oncology, via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10044, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Service de Génétique Clinique Chromosomique et Moléculaire, Hôpital Nord, CHU Saint Etienne, St Etienne cedex 2, France
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- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), c/o Amaedeolab, via GA Amadeo 42, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia
- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital L5:03, Stockholm S-171 76, Sweden
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Basic Sciences, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC) 7A, Block R3, Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan
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- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Genetics Services, Dept. of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, North Shore University Health System, Clinical Professor, University of Chicago, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Suite 1507 Walgreens, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
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- All Wales Medical Genetics Services, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics, Centre of Woman's Health and pathology, Department of Gynecology, Santariskiu st. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics Program, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Suite 210, 2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Westwood, KS, USA
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Genomics Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, 2705 Laurier Boulevard, Quebec City (Quebec), Canada
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- Dept of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 21C, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010 USA
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- Medical Genetics Unit, St George's, University of London, UK
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- Département Oncologie Génétique, Prévention et Dépistage, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232 boulevard Sainte-Margueritte, Marseille, France
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- Département Oncologie Génétique, Prévention et Dépistage, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232 boulevard Sainte-Margueritte, Marseille, France
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Building 50, Room 5312, 50 South Drive, MSC 004, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Dept of OB/GYN, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal, and Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute), Catalan Institute of Oncology, CIBERONC, Gran Via de l'Hospitalet, 199-203. 08908 L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Human Genetics and Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Via Gattamelata 64, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Human Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Cancer Biology and Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 460 W. 12 Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10044, USA
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- Parkville Familial Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, Department of Epidemiology, Prevention and Special Functions, IRCCS (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) AOU San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Fundación Pública Galega Medicina Xenómica, calle Choupana s/n, Edificio de Consultas, Planta menos dos Santiago de Compostal, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Investigacion y de Tumores Mamarios del Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City; and Centro de Cancer de Mama del Hospital Zambrano Hellion, Tecnologico de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
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- Oxford Regional Genetics Service, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES (Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology), National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Patriarchou Gregoriou & Neapoleos str., Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, 1 Jalan SS12/1A, Subang Jaya, 47500, Malaysia
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Instituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Via Giacomo Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Oncology, Rivka Ziv Medical Center, 13000 Zefat, Israel
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- Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem,1000 Central St, Suite 620, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Medical Director, Center for Medical Genetics, North Shore University Health System, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1000 Central Street, Suite 620, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
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- Genetics and Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Genetics and Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Wang L, Zhou S, Xie J, Gao H, Wang F, Zhou J, Wang Y, Wang H. BRCA1 germline mutations dominate familial breast cancer patients in Henan China. J Thorac Dis 2017; 9:5295-5299. [PMID: 29312738 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Background Gene mutations of BRCA1 gene play a role in breast cancer. These mutations exist racial differences and can be inherited. The aim of the research is to study the relativity of BRCA1 gene germline mutations with familial breast cancer patients in Henan, China. Methods Comprehensive BRCA1 germline mutation analyses were performed through denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) in a cohort of 59 breast cancer patients and 122 healthy donors with family history of breast cancer. The mutations detected by DHPLC were further validated by Sanger sequencing. Results About 52.54% (31/59) of familiar breast cancer patients showed BRCA1 germline mutations, which is higher than other previous reports with Chinese patients. However, the mutation rate was only 5.74% (7/122) in healthy donors with family history of breast cancer, and also all these mutations were in BRCA1 of all these mutations detected in both patients and healthy donors, mutation A3780G in BRCA1 gene was reported for the first time. The mutation hotspots were A3113G and A3780G in BRCA1 at least in this cohort of patients in Henan, China. Conclusions BRCA1 germline mutations are related most closely to familial breast cancer patients in Henan China.
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- Lina Wang
- Peking Union Medical College Graduate School, Beijing 100730, China.,National Research Institute for Health and Family Planning, Beijing 100081, China.,Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shenzhen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Shenzhen 518040, China
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- National Research Institute for Health and Family Planning, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth defects Prevention, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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Walsh MF, Kennedy J, Harlan M, Kentsis A, Shukla N, Musinsky J, Roberts S, Kung AL, Robson M, Kushner BH, Meyers P, Offit K. Germline BRCA2 mutations detected in pediatric sequencing studies impact parents' evaluation and care. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2017; 3:mcs.a001925. [PMID: 28655807 PMCID: PMC5701310 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a001925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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There has been no indication to test for BRCA1/2 in children (with the rare exception of Fanconi anemia) as screening begins in adult years and there is a potential to induce anxiety related to adult-onset cancers. However, in the setting of pediatric cancer, with increasing utility and frequency of companion tumor-normal sequencing without regard for phenotype and with BRCA1/2 included in tumor profiling panels, germline mutations in BRCA1/2 and other DNA damage repair genes have been found. When mutations in these genes are revealed, there are implications for immediate family members. Here we present two children in whom BRCA2 mutations identified through tumor sequencing prompted parental genetic testing and medical action. These cases illustrate the potential importance of including a matched normal DNA sample when performing tumor profiling of pediatric cancer patients to ensure optimal care.
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- Michael F Walsh
- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Lang GT, Shi JX, Hu X, Zhang CH, Shan L, Song CG, Zhuang ZG, Cao AY, Ling H, Yu KD, Li S, Sun MH, Zhou XY, Huang W, Shao ZM. The spectrum of BRCA mutations and characteristics of BRCA-associated breast cancers in China: Screening of 2,991 patients and 1,043 controls by next-generation sequencing. Int J Cancer 2017; 141:129-142. [PMID: 28294317 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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To characterize the prevalence of BRCA mutations and characteristics of BRCA carriers in China and to update the clinical recommendations for BRCA testing, we conducted a wide screen for BRCA mutations using next-generation sequencing (NGS). A total of 4,034 Chinese subjects were screened for germline BRCA1/2 mutations, including 2,991 breast cancer patients and 1,043 healthy individuals from the community enrolled as controls. We developed an NGS-based approach to perform BRCA1/2 screening. BRCA mutations were identified in 9.1% (232/2,560) of cases with at least one risk factor, in 3.5% (15/431) of sporadic patients and in 0.38% (4/1,043) of healthy controls. The mutation frequency ranged from 8.9 to 15.2% in cohorts with a single risk factor to 16.6-100% in groups with multiple risk factors. We identified 70 novel BRCA mutations. A high frequency of BRCA1 c.5470_5477del was detected, accounting for 13.9% (16/115) of the BRCA1 mutations detected in our study. Clinical characteristics such as family history, invasive carcinoma, negative human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), high Ki67 index, lymph node status, and high tumour grade were closely related to BRCA mutations. BRCA2 carriers had poorer disease-free survival among HER2- or hormone receptor-positive patients (hazard ratio = 1.892; 95% confidence interval: 1.132-3.161; p = 0.013). This study shows that BRCA mutation carriers could be frequently identified among breast cancer patients with multiple risk factors. Importantly, we established an NGS-based pipeline for BRCA1/2 testing in clinical practice and strongly suggest that breast cancer patients of premier- and moderate-grade risks receive BRCA1/2 mutations testing in China.
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- Guan-Tian Lang
- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics, Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center and Shanghai Industrial Technology Institute (SITI), Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics, Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center and Shanghai Industrial Technology Institute (SITI), Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics, Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center and Shanghai Industrial Technology Institute (SITI), Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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The proportion of cancer-related entries in PubMed has increased considerably; is cancer truly "The Emperor of All Maladies"? PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173671. [PMID: 28282418 PMCID: PMC5345838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
In this work, the public database of biomedical literature PubMed was mined using queries with combinations of keywords and year restrictions. It was found that the proportion of Cancer-related entries per year in PubMed has risen from around 6% in 1950 to more than 16% in 2016. This increase is not shared by other conditions such as AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, Stroke and Infection some of which have, on the contrary, decreased as a proportion of the total entries per year. Organ-related queries were performed to analyse the variation of some specific cancers. A series of queries related to incidence, funding, and relationship with DNA, Computing and Mathematics, were performed to test correlation between the keywords, with the hope of elucidating the cause behind the rise of Cancer in PubMed. Interestingly, the proportion of Cancer-related entries that contain “DNA”, “Computational” or “Mathematical” have increased, which suggests that the impact of these scientific advances on Cancer has been stronger than in other conditions. It is important to highlight that the results obtained with the data mining approach here presented are limited to the presence or absence of the keywords on a single, yet extensive, database. Therefore, results should be observed with caution. All the data used for this work is publicly available through PubMed and the UK’s Office for National Statistics. All queries and figures were generated with the software platform Matlab and the files are available as supplementary material.
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