Multigene panel testing yields high rates of clinically actionable variants among patients with colorectal cancer

SE Coughlin, B Heald, DF Clark, SM Nielsen… - JCO Precision …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Whether germline multigene panel testing (MGPT) should be performed in all
individuals with colorectal cancer (CRC) remains uncertain. Therefore, we aimed to …

Clinical multigene panel testing identifies racial and ethnic differences in germline pathogenic variants among patients with early-onset colorectal cancer

HM Seagle, SR Keller, SV Tavtigian… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) burden differs across racial/ethnic
groups, yet the role of germline genetic predisposition in EOCRC disparities remains …

Universal germline testing among patients with colorectal cancer: clinical actionability and optimised panel

W Jiang, L Li, CF Ke, W Wang, BY Xiao… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Purpose Universal germline testing in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) with a
multigene panel can detect various hereditary cancer syndromes. This study was performed …

[HTML][HTML] Germline cancer susceptibility gene testing in unselected patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma: a multicenter prospective study

PLS Uson Jr, D Riegert-Johnson, L Boardman… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hereditary factors play a role in the development of colorectal cancer
(CRC). Identification of germline predisposition can have implications on treatment and …

Comparison of germline genetic testing before and after a medical policy covering universal testing among patients with colorectal cancer

C Moretz, SDC Byfield, KE Hatchell, J Dalton… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In 2020, some health insurance plans updated their medical policy to cover
germline genetic testing for all patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC). Guidelines …

Detection of pathogenic germline variants among patients with advanced colorectal cancer undergoing tumor genomic profiling for precision medicine

YN You, E Borras, K Chang, BA Price… - Diseases of the Colon …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Genomic profiling of colorectal cancer aims to identify actionable somatic
mutations but can also discover incidental germline findings. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic testing for inherited colorectal cancer and polyposis, 2021 revision: a technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics …

R Mao, P Krautscheid, RP Graham, A Ganguly… - Genetics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer and 30% of all
cases of CRC are believed to have a familial component and up to one-third of these (10%) …

Genetic insights: High germline variant rate in an indigenous African cohort with early-onset colorectal cancer

S Yildiz, TN Musarurwa, U Algar, R Chambuso… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The increase in incidence of colorectal cancer in young patients of African
ancestry coupled with increased aggressiveness has warranted investigation of the …

Racial and ethnic disparities in germline genetic testing of patients with young-onset colorectal cancer

P Dharwadkar, G Greenan, EM Stoffel… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Up to 20% of younger patients (age< 50 years) diagnosed with
colorectal cancer (CRC) have germline mutations in cancer susceptibility genes. Germline …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the clinical validity of hereditary colorectal cancer and polyposis susceptibility genes using the Clinical Genome Resource Clinical Validity …

BA Seifert, JL McGlaughon, SA Jackson, DI Ritter… - Genetics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Gene–disease associations implicated in hereditary colorectal cancer and
polyposis susceptibility were evaluated using the ClinGen Clinical Validity framework …