Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

DR Barnes, V Silvestri, G Leslie… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent population-based female breast cancer and prostate cancer polygenic
risk scores (PRS) have been developed. We assessed the associations of these PRS with …

Prediction of Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks in Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

J Lecarpentier, V Silvestri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose BRCA1/2 mutations increase the risk of breast and prostate cancer in men.
Common genetic variants modify cancer risks for female carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations. We …

Cancer Risks Associated With BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants

S Li, V Silvestri, G Leslie, TR Rebbeck… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To provide precise age-specific risk estimates of cancers other than female
breast and ovarian cancers associated with pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1 and …

Characterization of the cancer spectrum in men with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants: results from the consortium of investigators of modifiers of …

V Silvestri, G Leslie, DR Barnes, BA Agnarsson… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The limited data on cancer phenotypes in men with germlineBRCA1 and
BRCA2pathogenic variants (PVs) have hampered the development of evidence-based …

Decreased Prostate Cancer-Specific Survival of Men with BRCA2 Mutations from Multiple Breast Cancer Families

H Thorne, AJ Willems, E Niedermayr, IMY Hoh… - Cancer prevention …, 2011 - AACR
The role of a germ-line BRCA2 mutation in the development of prostate cancer is
established, but the clinical presentation linked to outcome for this group of men has not …

Cancer Risks for Male Carriers of Germline Mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2: A Review of the Literature

A Liede, BY Karlan, SA Narod - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 - ascopubs.org
Major risks conferred by BRCA1 and BRCA2 in women are for cancers of the breast, ovary,
fallopian tube, and peritoneum. Male carriers of mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are also …

Increased risk of male cancer and identification of a potential prostate cancer cluster region in BRCA2

H Roed Nielsen, J Petersen, C Therkildsen… - Acta …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background. The risk of cancer in men from BRCA1 and BRCA2 families is relevant to
define to motivate genetic testing and optimize recommendations for surveillance. Material …

Cancer risks in Jewish male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Y Laitman, L Keinan Boker, I Liphsitz… - Breast cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
Cancer risks and tumor types in male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are still
unsettled. Cancer risks in men who were found to harbor a BRCA1 (n= 150) or a BRCA2 (n …

BRCA Mutations and Risk of Prostate Cancer in Ashkenazi Jews

T Kirchhoff, ND Kauff, N Mitra, K Nafa, H Huang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2004 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: The Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium and other family-based
ascertainments have suggested that male carriers of BRCA mutations are at increased risk …

Evaluation of polygenic risk scores for predicting breast and prostate cancer risk

MJ Machiela, CY Chen, C Chen… - Genetic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been shown to be associated with certain
complex diseases. The approach has been based on the contribution of counting multiple …