High prevalence of deleterious BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in arab breast and ovarian cancer patients

AJ Alhuqail, A Alzahrani, H Almubarak… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA) genes are heavily involved in
mammalian cell DNA repair processes. Germline pathogenic mutations in BRCA increase …

[HTML][HTML] BRCA1/2 Mutations in Vietnamese Patients with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

TNN Le, VK Tran, TT Nguyen, NS Vo, TH Hoang… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Individuals with BRCA1/2 gene mutations are at increased risk of breast
and ovarian cancer. The prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations varies by race and ethnicity, and …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of clinical characteristics of breast cancer patients with the Japanese founder mutation BRCA1 L63X

R Yoshida, C Watanabe, S Yokoyama, M Inuzuka… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: BRCA1 and BRCA2 are high-penetrance inherited genes; different founder
mutations have been reported in various areas and races. By using trial registration data …

Germline mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Korean ovarian cancer patients: finding founder mutations

MC Choi, JH Heo, JH Jang, SG Jung, H Park… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate and analyze the BRCA mutations in Korean ovarian cancer
patients with or without family history and to find founder mutations in this group …

[HTML][HTML] Predictive Factors for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing in an Asian Clinic-Based Population

ESY Wong, S Shekar, CHT Chan, LZ Hong, SY Poon… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has proposed guidelines
for the genetic testing of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, based on studies in western …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive clinical characterization of patients with BRCA1: c. 5017_5019del germline variant

YJ Bang, WK Kwon, JW Kim, JE Lee… - Annals of Surgical …, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose We provide evidence for the reclassification of the BRCA1: c. 5017_5019del variant
by presenting the clinicopathological characteristics, clinical outcomes, and family history of …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape of germline BRCA1/BRCA2 variants in breast and ovarian cancer in Peru

Y Ferreyra, G Rosas, AM Cock-Rada, J Araujo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background There is an increasing amount of data from Latin America on the
characterization of BRCA variants; however, there is limited information from Peru. We …

Detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in Japanese population using next‐generation sequencing

Y Hirotsu, H Nakagomi, I Sakamoto… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor suppressor genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 are the two main breast and ovarian cancer
susceptibility genes, and their genetic testing has been used to evaluate the risk of …

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in ovarian cancer patients from China: ethnic‐related mutations in BRCA1 associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer

T Shi, P Wang, C Xie, S Yin, D Shi… - … Journal of Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BRCA1/2 are cancer predisposition genes involved in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
(HBOC). Mutation carriers display an increased sensitivity to inhibitors of poly (ADP‐ribose) …

[HTML][HTML] Spectrum of BRCA1/BRCA2 variants in 1419 Turkish breast and ovarian cancer patients: a single center study

T Bahsi, HB Erdem - Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, 2020 - degruyter.com
Objectives Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome is chacterized with multiple
cases of breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer on the same side of the family. BRCA1/BRCA2 …