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ArticleHuman genome variation2021

Germline mutational spectrum in Armenian breast cancer patients suspected of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Mike M Moradian, Davit T Babikyan, Sione Markarian, Jonny G Petrosyan, Nare Avanesian, Tereza Arutunyan, Tamara F Sarkisian

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Article in Human genome variation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mike M Moradian *Department of Medical Genetics, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia. Moradian@Makgene.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-8339
Davit T Babikyan *Department of Medical Genetics, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Sione MarkarianDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Morava Scientific & Technology Services, Glendale, CA, USA.
Jonny G PetrosyanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care, Yerevan, Armenia.
Nare AvanesianDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Morava Scientific & Technology Services, Glendale, CA, USA.
Tereza ArutunyanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Morava Scientific & Technology Services, Glendale, CA, USA.
Tamara F SarkisianDepartment of Medical Genetics, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care · AMGlendale Community College · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) can be identified by genetic testing of cancer-causing genes. In this study, we identified a spectrum of genetic variations among 76 individuals of Armenian descent either with a family history of cancer or breast cancer before the age of 40. We screened 76 suspected HBOC patients and family members as well as four healthy controls using a targeted and hereditary comprehensive cancer panel (127 genes). We found 26 pathogenic (path) and 6 likely pathogenic (LPath)variants in 6 genes in 44 patients (58%); these variants were found in BRCA1 (17), BRCA2 (19), CHEK2 (4), PALB2 (2), and NBN (1). A few different variants were found in unrelated individuals; most notably, variant p.Trp1815Ter in the BRCA1 gene occurred in four unrelated patients. We did not find any known significant variants in five patients. Comprehensive cancer panel testing revealed pathogenic variants in cancer genes other than BRCA1 and BRCA2, suggesting that testing only BRCA1 and BRCA2 would have missed 8 out of 44 suspected HBOC patients (18%). These data also confirm that a comprehensive cancer panel testing approach could be an appropriate way to identify most of the variants associated with hereditary breast cancer.

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PMID33558524
PMCPMC7870655
OpenAlexW3127181881

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