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Chemotherapy Regimens Received by Women With BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variants for Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
Author(s) -
Allison W. Kurian,
Paul Abrahamse,
Ann S. Hamilton,
Jennifer L. CaswellJin,
Scarlett Lin Gomez,
Timothy J Hofer,
Kevin C. Ward,
Steven J. Katz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jnci cancer spectrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.345
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2515-5091
DOI - 10.1093/jncics/pkac045
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , breast cancer , oncology , chemotherapy , cancer , gynecology , paleontology , biology
Genetic testing is widespread among breast cancer patients; however, no guideline recommends using germline genetic testing results to select a chemotherapy regimen. It is unknown whether breast cancer patients who carry pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1 and/or 2 (BRCA1/2) or other cancer-associated genes receive different chemotherapy regimens than noncarriers.

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