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    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Forged Genetic Test Report Leads to Incorrect Management.
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    A mismatch in care: results of a United Kingdom-wide patient and clinician survey of gynaecological services for women with Lynch syndrome

    • Synchronous breast carcinoma and peritoneal mesothelioma.
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    Original research:

    Cost-effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening With Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Women at Familial Risk.

    • Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Approaches to Screening, Surveillance, and Treatment.
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    Original research:

    No Evidence of Increased Risk of Breast Cancer in Women With Lynch Syndrome Identified by Multigene Panel Testing.

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    Press: Many supposed breast cancer risk genes don’t raise risk, studies find. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Original research:

    Cancer risk management among female BRCA1/2, PALB2, CHEK2, and ATM carriers.

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    • Ovarian cancer predisposition beyond BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
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    • Review
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    • Corso G, Magnoni F.
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    • Review
    • Cost-effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening With Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Women at Familial Risk.
    • Geuzinge HA, Obdeijn IM, Rutgers EJT, Saadatmand S, Mann RM, Oosterwijk JC, Tollenaar RAEM, de Roy van Zuidewijn DBW, Lobbes MBI, van 't Riet M, Hooning MJ, Ausems MGEM, Loo CE, Wesseling J, Luiten EJT, Zonderland HM, Verhoef C, Heijnsdijk EAM, Tilanus-Linthorst MMA, de Koning HJ; Familial MRI Screening (FaMRIsc) Study group.
    • JAMA Oncol. 2020 Sep 1;6(9):1381-1389. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2922.

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    Beyond the AJR: "Cost-effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening With Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Women at Familial Risk".

    • Report of a germline double heterozygote in MSH2 and PALB2.
    • Agiannitopoulos K, Papadopoulou E, Tsaousis GN, Pepe G, Kampouri S, Patsea E, Lypas G, Nasioulas G.
    • Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020 Aug 27:e1242. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1242. Epub ahead of print.
    • Screening women at high risk for breast cancer: one program fits all? : Subgroup analysis of a large population high risk breast screening program.
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    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Aug 26. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05895-w. Epub ahead of print.
    • Biallelic variants in BRCA1 gene cause a recognisable phenotype within chromosomal instability syndromes reframed as BRCA1 deficiency.
    • Chirita-Emandi A, Andreescu N, Popa C, Mihailescu A, Riza AL, Plesea R, Ioana M, Arghirescu S, Puiu M.
    • J Med Genet. 2020 Aug 25:jmedgenet-2020-107198. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107198. Epub ahead of print.
    • Case report
    • Management of high, moderate, and low penetrance ovarian cancer susceptibility mutations: an assessment of current risk reduction practices.
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    • Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 Aug 23:ijgc-2020-001536. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001536. Epub ahead of print.
    • BRCA status assessment in epithelial ovarian cancer and the challenge of tumor testing.
    • Marchetti C, Minucci A, Pietragalla A, Scambia G, Fagotti A.
    • Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 Aug 4:ijgc-2020-001670. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001670. Epub ahead of print.

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    Guidelines:

    Germline and Somatic Tumor Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: ASCO Guideline.

    • Management of women at increased risk for breast cancer secondary to high-risk proliferative lesions and family history of the disease.
    • Cen C, Chun J, Schnabel F.
    • Breast J. 2020 Aug 2. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13964. Online ahead of print.
    • Review
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    • Wood ME, McKinnon W, Garber J.
    • Breast J. 2020 Aug 2. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13969. Epub ahead of print.
    • Review
    • Evidence for Increased Susceptibility for Breast Cancer from Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Due to Familial Breast Cancer History: Results from the Swedish Hemangioma Cohort.
    • Eidemüller M, Holmberg E, Lundell M, Karlsson P.
    • Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 31:kwaa163. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa163. Epub ahead of print.
    • Contralateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients Who Undergo Multigene Panel Testing.
    • Murphy BL, Yi M, Arun BK, Gutierrez Barrera AM, Bedrosian I.
    • Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul 27. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08889-6. Epub ahead of print.
    • Comparison of Patient Susceptibility Genes Across Breast Cancer: Implications for Prognosis and Therapeutic Outcomes.
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    • Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2020 Jul 27;13:227-238. doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S233485.
    • Expectations of Surveillance for Non-BRCA Gene Mutation Carriers at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer.
    • Caskey R, Singletary B, Ayre K, Parker C, Krontiras H, Lancaster RB.
    • J Surg Res. 2020 Jul 23;256:267-271. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.06.029. Epub ahead of print.
    • Risk-Reducing Gynecological Surgery in Lynch Syndrome: Results of an International Survey from the Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database.
    • Dominguez-Valentin M, Seppälä TT, Engel C, Aretz S, Macrae F, Winship I, Capella G, Thomas H, Hovig E, Nielsen M, Sijmons RH, Bertario L, Bonanni B, Tibiletti MG, Cavestro GM, Mints M, Gluck N, Katz L, Heinimann K, Vaccaro CA, Green K, Lalloo F, Hill J, Schmiegel W, Vangala D, Perne C, Strauß HG, Tecklenburg J, Holinski-Feder E, Steinke-Lange V, Mecklin JP, Plazzer JP, Pineda M, Navarro M, Vidal JB, Kariv R, Rosner G, Piñero TA, Gonzalez ML, Kalfayan P, Sampson JR, Ryan NAJ, Evans DG, Møller P, Crosbie EJ.
    • J Clin Med. 2020 Jul 18;9(7):2290. doi: 10.3390/jcm9072290.
    • Secondary Prevention in Hereditary Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer Syndromes Other Than BRCA.
    • Piombino C, Cortesi L, Lambertini M, Punie K, Grandi G, Toss A.
    • J Oncol. 2020 Jul 14;2020:6384190. doi: 10.1155/2020/6384190.
    • Lifestyle Choices May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Regardless of Genetics.
    • Otto MA.
    • Medscape. 2020 Jul 7.

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    Association of Nongenetic Factors With Breast Cancer Risk in Genetically Predisposed Groups of Women in the UK Biobank Cohort.

    Research news: Lifestyle choices may reduce breast cancer risk regardless of genetics. (MDedge | Hematology & Oncology)

    • Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for risk-stratified screening in women with BRCA mutations or high familial risk for breast cancer: are we there yet?
    • Whitaker KD, Sheth D, Olopade OI.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jul 3. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05759-3. Epub ahead of print.
    • Review
    • Breast cancer risk (un)awareness among women suffering from neurofibromatosis type 1 in Poland.
    • Karwacki MW.
    • Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2020;24(2):140-144. doi: 10.5114/wo.2020.97637. Epub 2020 Jul 3.
    • A Case of Male Breast Cancer Patient with CHEK2*1100delC Mutation.
    • Nguyen QD, Tavana A, Saenz Rios F, Posleman Monetto FE, Robinson AS.
    • Cureus. 2020 Jul 2;12(7):e8972. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8972.
    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Lynch Syndrome Patient Has Ovaries, Uterus Removed at Age 22.
    • Ray T.
    • Precision Oncology News. 2020 Jul 1.
    • ASTRO Radiation Therapy Summary of the ASCO-ASTRO-SSO Guideline on Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer.
    • Trombetta MG, Dragun A, Mayr NA, Pierce LJ.
    • Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jul-Aug;10(4):235-242. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 May 21.

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    Guideline:

    Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline.

    • UKCGG Consensus Group guidelines for the management of patients with constitutional TP53 pathogenic variants.
    • Hanson H, Brady AF, Crawford G, Eeles RA, Gibson S, Jorgensen M, Izatt L, Sohaib A, Tischkowitz M, Evans DG; Consensus Group Members.
    • J Med Genet. 2020 Jun 22:jmedgenet-2020-106876. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-106876. Epub ahead of print.
    • Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline.
    • Tung NM, Boughey JC, Pierce LJ, Robson ME, Bedrosian I, Dietz JR, Dragun A, Gelpi JB, Hofstatter EW, Isaacs CJ, Jatoi I, Kennedy E, Litton JK, Mayr NA, Qamar RD, Trombetta MG, Harvey BE, Somerfield MR, Zakalik D.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun 20;38(18):2080-2106. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00299. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

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    Summary, Review:

    Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: ASCO, ASTRO, and SSO Guideline.

    Summary, Review:

    ASTRO Radiation Therapy Summary of the ASCO-ASTRO-SSO Guideline on Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer.

    Commentary, Review:

    Updates on Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: New Data on PARP Inhibitors Change Recommendations Regarding the Multidisciplinary Care of Breast Cancer Patients with BRCA Mutations.

    • Study: Promising research using a PARP inhibitor to treat metastatic breast cancer in people with an inherited PALB2 mutation or a tumor mutation in a gene that repairs DNA damage.
    • [No author given]
    • FORCE. XRAYS. 2020 Jun 18.

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    TBCRC 048: A phase II study of olaparib monotherapy in metastatic breast cancer patients with germline or somatic mutations in DNA damage response (DDR) pathway genes (Olaparib Expanded).

    • Hereditary Gastric and Breast Cancer Syndromes Related to CDH1 Germline Mutation: A Multidisciplinary Clinical Review.
    • Corso G, Montagna G, Figueiredo J, La Vecchia C, Fumagalli Romario U, Fernandes MS, Seixas S, Roviello F, Trovato C, Guerini-Rocco E, Fusco N, Pravettoni G, Petrocchi S, Rotili A, Massari G, Magnoni F, De Lorenzi F, Bottoni M, Galimberti V, Sanches JM, Calvello M, Seruca R, Bonanni B.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jun 17;12(6):E1598. doi: 10.3390/cancers12061598.
    • "It wasn't just for me": Motivations and implications of genetic testing for women at a low risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
    • Gill G, Beard C, Storey K, Taylor S, Sexton A.
    • Psychooncology. 2020 Jun 4. doi: 10.1002/pon.5436. Epub ahead of print.
    • Double mutation of APC and BRCA1 in an Italian family.
    • Vietri MT, D'Elia G, Caliendo G, Casamassimi A, Resse M, Passariello L, Cioffi M, Molinari AM.
    • Cancer Genet. 2020 Jun;244:32-35. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2020.04.074. Epub 2020 Apr 28.
    • Case report
    • Executive Summary of the Early-Onset Breast Cancer Evidence Review Conference.
    • Chelmow D, Pearlman MD, Young A, Bozzuto L, Dayaratna S, Jeudy M, Kremer ME, Scott DM, O'Hara JS.
    • Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;135(6):1457-1478. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003889.
    • Genetic Testing and Screening Recommendations for Patients with Hereditary Breast Cancer.
    • Bharucha PP, Chiu KE, François FM, Scott JL, Khorjekar GR, Tirada NP.
    • Radiographics. 2020 May 29:190181. doi: 10.1148/rg.2020190181. Epub ahead of print.
    • Review

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    Invited Commentary: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening Strategies-What's New?

    • Utilization of Complementary Alternative Medicine, Diet, and Exercise Among Women at High Risk for Developing Breast Cancer.
    • Lee RT, Amico A, Malaka D, Lewin R, Cummings SA, Verp M, Patrick-Miller L, Bradbury AR, Olopade OI.
    • Integr Cancer Ther. 2020 Jan-Dec;19:1534735420922610. doi: 10.1177/1534735420922610. [First Published 2020 May 23.]
    • Uptake of oophorectomy in women with findings on multigene panel testing: Results from the Prospective Registry of Multiplex Testing (PROMPT).
    • Domchek SM, Brower J, Symecko H, Marcell V, Walsh MF, Hamilton JG, Couch F, Offit K, Garber JE, Robson ME.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2020 May 20;38(15 Suppl):1508-1508. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.1508. Epub 2020 May 25.
    • Conference abstract
    • Contribution of Germline Predisposition Gene Mutations to Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women.
    • Palmer JR, Polley EC, Hu C, John EM, Haiman C, Hart SN, Gaudet M, Pal T, Anton-Culver H, Trentham-Dietz A, Bernstein L, Ambrosone CB, Bandera EV, Bertrand KA, Bethea TN, Gao C, Gnanaolivu RD, Huang H, Lee KY, LeMarchand L, Na J, Sandler DP, Shah PD, Yadav S, Yang W, Weitzel JN, Domchek SM, Goldgar DE, Nathanson KL, Kraft P, Couch FJ.
    • J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 May 19:djaa040. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa040. Epub ahead of print.

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    Genetic Testing May Help Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities for African American Women.

    • Biallelic NF1 inactivation in high grade serous ovarian cancers from patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.
    • Courtney E, Chan SH, Li ST, Ishak D, Merchant K, Shaw T, Chay WY, Chin FHX, Wong WL, Wong A, Ngeow J.
    • Fam Cancer. 2020 May 13. doi: 10.1007/s10689-020-00184-3. Epub ahead of print.
    • Case report
    • Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) in a BRIP-1 mutation carrier: the first case report.
    • Grandi G, Caroli M, Alboni C, Cortesi L, Toss A, Barbieri E, Botticelli L, Facchinetti F.
    • Fam Cancer. 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s10689-020-00179-0. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Case report
    • Germline and Somatic Tumor Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: ASCO Guideline.
    • Konstantinopoulos PA, Norquist B, Lacchetti C, Armstrong D, Grisham RN, Goodfellow PJ, Kohn EC, Levine DA, Liu JF, Lu KH, Sparacio D, Annunziata CM.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2020 Apr 10;38(11):1222-1245. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02960. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

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    Commentary:

    BRCA status assessment in epithelial ovarian cancer and the challenge of tumor testing.

    • Optimal age for genetic cancer predisposition testing in hereditary SMARCA4 Ovarian Cancer Families: How young is too young?
    • Podwika SE, Jenkins TM, Khokhar JK, Erickson SH, Modesitt SC.
    • Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2020 Apr 7;32:100569. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100569. eCollection 2020 May.
    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Patient With BRCA1 VUS Has Prophylactic Surgery.
    • Ray T.
    • Precision Oncology News. 2020 Apr 6.
    • Comparison of mammography behaviors, health beliefs, and fear levels of women with and without familial breast cancer history.
    • Erdogan E, Tuzcu A.
    • Women Health. 2020 Apr 6:1-16. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1746949. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Investigating the Link between Lynch Syndrome and Breast Cancer.
    • Sheehan M, Heald B, Yanda C, Kelly ED, Grobmyer S, Eng C, Kalady M, Pederson H.
    • Eur J Breast Health. 2020 Apr 1;16(2):106-109. doi: 10.5152/ejbh.2020.5198. eCollection 2020 Apr.
    • Association of Nongenetic Factors With Breast Cancer Risk in Genetically Predisposed Groups of Women in the UK Biobank Cohort.
    • Al Ajmi K, Lophatananon A, Mekli K, Ollier W, Muir KR.
    • JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e203760. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3760.
    • Survey of primary care physicians' views about breast and ovarian cancer screening for true BRCA1/2 non-carriers.
    • Pelletier S, Larouche G, Chiquette J, El Haffaf Z, Foulkes WD, Hamet P, Simard J, Dorval M.
    • J Community Genet. 2020 Apr;11(2):205-213. doi: 10.1007/s12687-019-00438-3. Epub 2019 Oct 28.
    • ATM-Deficient Cancers Provide New Opportunities for Precision Oncology.
    • Jette NR, Kumar M, Radhamani S, Arthur G, Goutam S, Yip S, Kolinsky M, Williams GJ, Bose P, Lees-Miller SP.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2020 Mar 14;12(3). pii: E687. doi: 10.3390/cancers12030687.
    • Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, Hypercalcaemic Type - genetics, new treatment targets and current management guidelines.
    • Tischkowitz M, Huang S, Banerjee S, Hague J, Hendricks WPD, Huntsman DG, Lang JD, Orlando KA, Oza AM, Pautier P, Ray-Coquard I, Trent JM, Wichter M, Witkowski L, McCluggage WG, Levine DA, Foulkes WD, Weissman BE.
    • Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Mar 10. pii: clincanres.3797.2019. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-3797. [Epub ahead of print]
    • BRCA and Beyond: Comprehensive Image-rich Review of Hereditary Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Syndromes.
    • Chung SH, Woldenberg N, Roth AR, Masamed R, Conlon W, Cohen JG, Joines MM, Patel MK.
    • Radiographics. 2020 Mar-Apr;40(2):306-325. doi: 10.1148/rg.2020190084. Epub 2020 Feb 7.
    • Review
    • Breast cancer risk assessment in patients who test negative for a hereditary cancer syndrome.
    • Breit C, Ablah E, Ward M, Okut H, Tenofsky PL.
    • Am J Surg. 2020 Mar;219(3):430-433. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.10.015. Epub 2019 Oct 11.

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    Commentary, Presentation:

    Discussion on: Breast cancer risk assessment in patients who test negative for a hereditary cancer syndrome.

    • Risk-reducing mastectomy in germline CDH1 mutation carriers: Pathologic findings.
    • Gianella CA, Bendito B, Iglesias C, Bengoechea MP, Miñón C, Ruiz A.
    • Breast J. 2020 Mar;26(3):583-584. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13604. Epub 2019 Sep 20.
    • Should all breast cancer patients get germline genetic testing?
    • Pal T, Domchek S, Graber C
    • Genetics in Medicine. GenePod. 2020 Mar.

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    Guidelines:

    Points to consider: is there evidence to support BRCA1/2 and other inherited breast cancer genetic testing for all breast cancer patients? A statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).

    Commentary:

    Germline genetic testing for breast cancer: which patients? What genes?

    • Recommendations for Advancing the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Brazil.
    • Achatz MI, Caleffi M, Guindalini R, Marques RM, Nogueira-Rodrigues A, Ashton-Prolla P.
    • JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Mar;6:439-452. doi: 10.1200/JGO.19.00170.
    • Germline PALB2, ATM variants in a patient with breast and ovarian cancer at risk for familial cancer syndrome: Is there a role for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy?
    • Carbajal-Mamani SL, Markham MJ, Santolaya-Forgas J, Castagno JC, Cardenas-Goicoechea J.
    • Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2020 Mar;63(2):205-208. doi: 10.5468/ogs.2020.63.2.205. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
    • Molecular Mechanisms of PALB2 Function and Its Role in Breast Cancer Management.
    • Wu S, Zhou J, Zhang K, Chen H, Luo M, Lu Y, Sun Y, Chen Y.
    • Front Oncol. 2020 Feb 28;10:301. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00301. eCollection 2020.
    • The Need to Improve the Clinical Utility of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Either Too Narrow or Too Broad.
    • Kilbride MK, Bradbury AR.
    • JAMA. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.22504. [Epub ahead of print]

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    CME Audio, Interview: The Need to Improve the Clinical Utility of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Either Too Narrow or Too Broad. (JAMA Network: JN Learning)

    • Incidental Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma that Developed into Primary Peritoneal Serous Carcinoma in a Patient without BRCA Mutation.
    • Chong GO, Park JY, Lee HJ.
    • Am J Case Rep. 2020 Feb 8;21:e921146. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.921146.
    • No Evidence of Increased Risk of Breast Cancer in Women With Lynch Syndrome Identified by Multigene Panel Testing.
    • Stoll J, Rosenthal E, Cummings S, Willmott J, Bernhisel R, Kupfer SS.
    • JCO Precis Oncol. 2020;4:51-60. doi: 10.1200/PO.19.00271. Epub 2020 Feb 7.

    Related:

    Editorial:

    Lynch Syndrome and Breast Cancer Risk: Weighing the Data.

    • Factors that impact risk management decisions among women with pathogenic variants in moderate penetrance genes associated with hereditary breast cancer.
    • Napoli M, Lewis J, Hopper J, Widmeyer K.
    • J Genet Couns. 2020 Feb 3. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1220. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    • Conz L, Mota BS, Bahamondes L, Dória MT, Derchain SFM, Rieira R, Sarian LO.
    • Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13817. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Radiographic Surveillance of Patients with Non-BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variants.
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    • Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan 23. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-08191-0. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Breast cancer screening implications of risk modeling among female relatives of ATM and CHEK2 carriers.
    • Weidner AE, Liggin ME, Zuniga BI, Tezak AL, Wiesner GL, Pal T.
    • Cancer. 2020 Jan 22. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32715. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Whole-body MRI within a surveillance program for carriers with clinically actionable germline TP53 variants - the Swedish constitutional TP53 study SWEP53.
    • Omran M, Blomqvist L, Brandberg Y, Pal N, Kogner P, Ståhlbom AK, Tham E, Bajalica-Lagercrantz S.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2020 Jan 13;18:1. doi: 10.1186/s13053-020-0133-5. eCollection 2020.
    • Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women with Unilateral Breast Cancer Who Are Genetic Carriers, Have a Strong Family History or Are just Young at Presentation.
    • Teoh V, Tasoulis MK, Gui G.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jan 6;12(1). pii: E140. doi: 10.3390/cancers12010140.
    • Predictors of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in genetically high risk newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
    • Tynan M, Peshkin BN, Isaacs C, Willey S, Valdimarsdottir HB, Nusbaum R, Hooker G, O'Neill SC, Jandorf L, Kelly SP, Heinzmann J, Kelleher S, Poggi E, Schwartz MD.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jan 1. doi: 10.1007/s10549-019-05515-2. [Epub ahead of print]
    • SEOM clinical guidelines in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (2019).
    • González-Santiago S, Ramón Y Cajal T, Aguirre E, Alés-Martínez JE, Andrés R, Balmaña J, Graña B, Herrero A, Llort G, González-Del-Alba A; SEOM Hereditary Cancer Working Group.
    • Clin Transl Oncol. 2019 Dec 30. doi: 10.1007/s12094-019-02262-0. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Identifying sequence variants contributing to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 negative breast and ovarian cancer patients.
    • Jarhelle E, Riise Stensland HMF, Hansen GÅM, Skarsfjord S, Jonsrud C, Ingebrigtsen M, Strømsvik N, Van Ghelue M.
    • Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 27;9(1):19986. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55515-x.
    • When Should Prophylactic Oophorectomy Be Recommended at the Time of Elective Hysterectomy?
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    • Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000521. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • USPSTF guideline: Offer risk-reducing drugs to women at increased risk for breast cancer and low risk for adverse effects.
    • Batur P.
    • Ann Intern Med. 2019 Dec 17;171(12):JC62. doi: 10.7326/ACPJ201912170-062.
    • Review

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    Practice Guidelines:

    Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    • CDH1 (E-Cadherin) Mutation and Gastric Cancer: Genetics, Molecular Mechanisms and Guidelines for Management.
    • Shenoy S.
    • Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Dec 13;11:10477-10486. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S208818. eCollection 2019.
    • Points to consider: is there evidence to support BRCA1/2 and other inherited breast cancer genetic testing for all breast cancer patients? A statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).
    • Pal T, Agnese D, Daly M, La Spada A, Litton J, Wick M, Klugman S, Esplin ED, Jarvik GP; Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee.
    • Genet Med. 2019 Dec 13. doi: 10.1038/s41436-019-0712-x. [Epub ahead of print]

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    Germline genetic testing for breast cancer: which patients? What genes?

    Podcast: Should all breast cancer patients get germline genetic testing? (Genetics in Medicine. Genepod. 2020 Mar.)

    Press: Universal Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer May Result in More Harm Than Good, Experts Worry. (GenomeWeb)

    Press: ACMG Suggests Docs Evaluate All Breast Cancer Patients for Genetic Risk Test Suitability. (GenomeWeb)

    • Preventing Ovarian Cancer in High-risk Women: One Surgery at a Time.
    • Swanson CL, Bakkum-Gamez JN.
    • Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Nov 22. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000499. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Breast cancer prevention in high-risk women.
    • Thorat MA, Balasubramanian R.
    • Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Nov 21. pii: S1521-6934(19)30170-1. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.11.006. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Risk-Adapted Starting Age of Screening for Relatives of Patients With Breast Cancer.
    • Mukama T, Kharazmi E, Xing X, Sundquist K, Sundquist J, Brenner H, Fallah M.
    • JAMA Oncol. 2019 Nov 14. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.3876. [Epub ahead of print]

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    • Review
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