Genetic epidemiology of breast cancer in Latin America

VA Zavala, SJ Serrano-Gomez, J Dutil, L Fejerman - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The last 10 years witnessed an acceleration of our understanding of what genetic factors
underpin the risk of breast cancer. Rare high-and moderate-penetrance variants such as …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of diagnostic genomics in Latin America

RM Alvarez-Gomez… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer genome sequencing methods have now become essential for diagnostic purposes,
for devising treatment strategies, and for monitoring disease regression and progression …

Detection of germline variants in Brazilian breast cancer patients using multigene panel testing

RSC Guindalini, DV Viana, JPFW Kitajima… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic diversity of germline variants in breast cancer (BC) predisposition genes is
unexplored in miscegenated populations, such those living in Latin America. We evaluated …

Germline pathogenic variant prevalence among Latin American and US Hispanic individuals undergoing testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: a cross …

CA Ossa Gomez, MI Achatz, M Hurtado… - JCO Global …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To report on pathogenic germline variants detected among individuals
undergoing genetic testing for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC) from Latin …

Recommendations for advancing the diagnosis and management of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in Brazil

MI Achatz, M Caleffi, R Guindalini, RM Marques… - JCO Global …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The objective of this review was to address the barriers limiting access to genetic
cancer risk assessment and genetic testing for individuals with suspected hereditary breast …

Germline molecular data in hereditary breast cancer in Brazil: Lessons from a large single-center analysis

RL Sandoval, ACR Leite, DM Barbalho, DX Assad… - PloS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the most genetically heterogeneous. The
aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of germline pathogenic variants …

Frequency of pathogenic germline mutations in early and late onset familial breast cancer patients using multi-gene panel sequencing: an Egyptian study

A Nassar, ARN Zekri, MM Kamel, MH Elberry, MM Lotfy… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Precision oncology has been increasingly used in clinical practice and rapidly
evolving in the oncology field. Thus, this study was performed to assess the frequency of …

Liquid biopsy as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for women and female dogs with breast Cancer

J Colombo, MG Moschetta-Pinheiro, AA Novais… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer (BC) has common characteristics in women and female
dogs, such as high recurrence, metastasis, and mortality rate. In both species, BC prognosis …

Genomic ancestry and cancer among Latin Americans

A Ruíz-Patiño, L Rojas, J Zuluaga, O Arrieta… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Springer
Latin American populations, characterized by intricate admixture patterns resulting from the
intermingling of ancestries from European, Native American (NA) Asian, and African …

A portrait of germline mutation in Brazilian at-risk for hereditary breast cancer

AR de Souza Timoteo, AÉMM Gonçalves… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Knowledge about the germline mutational spectrum among Brazilian with
hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) is limited. Only five studies have performed …