Prevalence of mutations in a panel of breast cancer susceptibility genes in BRCA1/2-negative patients with early-onset breast cancer
Author(s) -
Kara N. Maxwell,
Bradley Wubbenhorst,
Kurt D’Andrea,
Bradley Garman,
Jessica M. Long,
Jacquelyn Powers,
Katherine Rathbun,
Jill E. Stopfer,
Jiajun Zhu,
Angela R. Bradbury,
Michael S. Simon,
Angela DeMichele,
Susan M. Domchek,
Katherine L. Nathanson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1038/gim.2014.176
Subject(s) - chek2 , mutyh , massive parallel sequencing , cdkn2a , breast cancer , cancer , medicine , genetics , msh2 , genetic testing , palb2 , mutation , biology , gene , oncology , germline mutation , dna sequencing , colorectal cancer , dna mismatch repair
Clinical testing for germ-line variation in multiple cancer susceptibility genes is available using massively parallel sequencing. Limited information is available for pretest genetic counseling regarding the spectrum of mutations and variants of uncertain significance in defined patient populations.
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