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    • Hamdi Y, Soucy P, Kuchenbaeker KB, Pastinen T, Droit A, Lemaçon A, Adlard J, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Arason A, Arnold N, Arun BK, Azzollini J, Bane A, Barjhoux L, Barrowdale D, Benitez J, Berthet P, Blok MJ, Bobolis K, Bonadona V, Bonanni B, Bradbury AR, Brewer C, Buecher B, Buys SS, Caligo MA, Chiquette J, Chung WK, Claes KB, Daly MB, Damiola F, Davidson R, De la Hoya M, De Leeneer K, Diez O, Ding YC, Dolcetti R, Domchek SM, Dorfling CM, Eccles D, Eeles R, Einbeigi Z, Ejlertsen B; EMBRACE, Engel C, Gareth Evans D, Feliubadalo L, Foretova L, Fostira F, Foulkes WD, Fountzilas G, Friedman E, Frost D, Ganschow P, Ganz PA, Garber J, Gayther SA; GEMO Study Collaborators, Gerdes AM, Glendon G, Godwin AK, Goldgar DE, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Hahnen E, Hamann U, Hansen TV, Hart S, Hays JL; HEBON, Hogervorst FB, Hulick PJ, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jensen UB, John EM, Joseph V, Just W, Kaczmarek K, Karlan BY; KConFab Investigators, Kets CM, Kirk J, Kriege M, Laitman Y, Laurent M, Lazaro C, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Liljegren A, Loman N, Loud JT, Manoukian S, Mariani M, Mazoyer S, McGuffog L, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Meindl A, Miller A, Montagna M, Mulligan AM, Nathanson KL, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Nussbaum RL, Olah E, Olopade OI, Ong KR, Oosterwijk JC, Osorio A, Papi L, Park SK, Pedersen IS, Peissel B, Segura PP, Peterlongo P, Phelan CM, Radice P, Rantala J, Rappaport-Fuerhauser C, Rennert G, Richardson A, Robson M, Rodriguez GC, Rookus MA, Schmutzler RK, Sevenet N, Shah PD, Singer CF, Slavin TP, Snape K, Sokolowska J, Sønderstrup IM, Southey M, Spurdle AB, Stadler Z, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sukiennicki G, Sutter C, Tan Y, Tea MK, Teixeira MR, Teulé A, Teo SH, Terry MB, Thomassen M, Tihomirova L, Tischkowitz M, Tognazzo S, Toland AE, Tung N, van den Ouweland AM, van der Luijt RB, van Engelen K, van Rensburg EJ, Varon-Mateeva R, Wappenschmidt B, Wijnen JT, Rebbeck T, Chenevix-Trench G, Offit K, Couch FJ, Nord S, Easton DF, Antoniou AC, Simard J.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Jan;161(1):117-134. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-4018-2. Epub 2016 Oct 28.
    • Inheritance of deleterious mutations at both BRCA1 and BRCA2 in an international sample of 32,295 women.
    • Rebbeck TR, Friebel TM, Mitra N, Wan F, Chen S, Andrulis IL, Apostolou P, Arnold N, Arun BK, Barrowdale D, Benitez J, Berger R, Berthet P, Borg A, Buys SS, Caldes T, Carter J, Chiquette J, Claes KB, Couch FJ, Cybulski C, Daly MB, de la Hoya M, Diez O, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Durda K, Ellis S; EMBRACE, Evans DG, Foretova L, Friedman E, Frost D, Ganz PA, Garber J, Glendon G, Godwin AK, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Hahnen E, Hallberg E, Hamann U, Hansen TV; HEBON, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Jakubowska A, Janavicius R, Jaworska-Bieniek K, John EM, Karlan BY, Kaufman B, Investigators K, Kwong A, Laitman Y, Lasset C, Lazaro C, Lester J, Loman N, Lubinski J, Manoukian S, Mitchell G, Montagna M, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Niederacher D, Nussbaum RL, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade OI, Park SK, Piedmonte M, Radice P, Rappaport-Fuerhauser C, Rookus MA, Seynaeve C, Simard J, Singer CF, Soucy P, Southey M, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sukiennicki G, Szabo CI, Tancredi M, Teixeira MR, Teo SH, Terry MB, Thomassen M, Tihomirova L, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Toloczko-Grabarek A, Tung N, van Rensburg EJ, Villano D, Wang-Gohrke S, Wappenschmidt B, Weitzel JN, Zidan J, Zorn KK, McGuffog L, Easton D, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Ramus SJ.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2016 Nov 11;18(1):112.

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    • Navazio AS, Rizzolo P, Silvestri V, Valentini V, Zelli V, Zanna I, Masala G, Bianchi S, Tommasi S, Palli D, Ottini L.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Nov;160(1):181-186. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3976-8. Epub 2016 Sep 15.
    • Occult and subsequent cancer incidence following risk-reducing surgery in BRCA mutation carriers.
    • Zakhour M, Danovitch Y, Lester J, Rimel BJ, Walsh CS, Li AJ, Karlan BY, Cass I.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Nov;143(2):231-235. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.08.336. Epub 2016 Sep 9.
    • Identification of germline alterations in breast cancer predisposition genes among Malaysian breast cancer patients using panel testing.
    • Ng PS, Wen WX, Fadlullah MZ, Yoon SY, Lee SY, Thong MK, Yip CH, Mohd Taib NA, Teo SH.
    • Clin Genet. 2016 Oct;90(4):315-23. doi: 10.1111/cge.12735. Epub 2016 Feb 3.
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    • Nat Commun. 2016 Sep 7;7:12675. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12675.
    • Detection of ATM germline variants by the p53 mitotic centrosomal localization test in BRCA1/2-negative patients with early-onset breast cancer.
    • Prodosmo A, Buffone A, Mattioni M, Barnabei A, Persichetti A, De Leo A, Appetecchia M, Nicolussi A, Coppa A, Sciacchitano S, Giordano C, Pinnarò P, Sanguineti G, Strigari L, Alessandrini G, Facciolo F, Cosimelli M, Grazi GL, Corrado G, Vizza E, Giannini G, Soddu S.
    • J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Sep 6;35(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s13046-016-0410-3.
    • A Survey of BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 mutations in women with breast cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
    • Donenberg T, Ahmed H, Royer R, Zhang S, Narod SA, George S, Akbari MR, Ali J, Hurley J.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Aug;159(1):131-8. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3870-4. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
    • CAG repeat size in Huntingtin alleles is associated with cancer prognosis.
    • Thion MS, Tézenas du Montcel S, Golmard JL, Vacher S, Barjhoux L, Sornin V, Cazeneuve C, Bièche I, Sinilnikova O, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Durr A, Humbert S.
    • Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 Aug;24(9):1310-5. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.13. Epub 2016 Mar 16.
    • Fine-Scale Mapping at 9p22.2 Identifies Candidate Causal Variants That Modify Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers.
    • Vigorito E, Kuchenbaecker KB, Beesley J, Adlard J, Agnarsson BA, Andrulis IL, Arun BK, Barjhoux L, Belotti M, Benitez J, Berger A, Bojesen A, Bonanni B, Brewer C, Caldes T, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Chan SB, Claes KB, Cohn DE, Cook J, Daly MB, Damiola F, Davidson R, Pauw A, Delnatte C, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dumont M, Durda K, Dworniczak B, Easton DF, Eccles D, Edwinsdotter Ardnor C, Eeles R, Ejlertsen B, Ellis S, Evans DG, Feliubadalo L, Fostira F, Foulkes WD, Friedman E, Frost D, Gaddam P, Ganz PA, Garber J, Garcia-Barberan V, Gauthier-Villars M, Gehrig A, Gerdes AM, Giraud S, Godwin AK, Goldgar DE, Hake CR, Hansen TV, Healey S, Hodgson S, Hogervorst FB, Houdayer C, Hulick PJ, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Izquierdo A, Jacobs L, Jakubowska A, Janavicius R, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Jensen UB, John EM, Vijai J, Karlan BY, Kast K, Investigators K, Khan S, Kwong A, Laitman Y, Lester J, Lesueur F, Liljegren A, Lubinski J, Mai PL, Manoukian S, Mazoyer S, Meindl A, Mensenkamp AR, Montagna M, Nathanson KL, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Niederacher D, Olah E, Olopade OI, Ong KR, Osorio A, Park SK, Paulsson-Karlsson Y, Pedersen IS, Peissel B, Peterlongo P, Pfeiler G, Phelan CM, Piedmonte M, Poppe B, Pujana MA, Radice P, Rennert G, Rodriguez GC, Rookus MA, Ross EA, Schmutzler RK, Simard J, Singer CF, Slavin TP, Soucy P, Southey M, Steinemann D, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sukiennicki G, Sutter C, Szabo CI, Tea MK, Teixeira MR, Teo SH, Terry MB, Thomassen M, Tibiletti MG, Tihomirova L, Tognazzo S, van Rensburg EJ, Varesco L, Varon-Mateeva R, Vratimos A, Weitzel JN, McGuffog L, Kirk J, Toland AE, Hamann U, Lindor N, Ramus SJ, Greene MH, Couch FJ, Offit K, Pharoah PD, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC.
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    • Nat Commun. 2016 Apr 27;7:11375. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11375.
    • Differences of Variable Number Tandem Repeats in XRCC5 Promoter Are Associated with Increased or Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer in BRCA Gene Mutation Carriers.
    • Cui J, Luo J, Kim YC, Snyder C, Becirovic D, Downs B, Lynch H, Wang SM.
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    • Hong S, Funchain P, Haddad A, Crowe J, Dalpiaz N, Abraham J.
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    • Wong-Brown M, McPhillips M, Gleeson M, Spigelman AD, Meldrum CJ, Dooley S, Scott RJ.
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    • Lavie O, Moskoviz MG, Auslender R, Gemer O, Bitterman A, Younes G, Segev Y.
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    • Association of polymorphisms with a family history of cancer and the presence of germline mutations in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes.
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    • Double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and hMLH1 gene mutations in a 46-year-old woman with five primary tumors.
    • Pedroni M, Di Gregorio C, Cortesi L, Reggiani Bonetti L, Magnani G, Simone ML, Medici V, Priore Oliva C, Marino M, Ponz de Leon M.
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    • Case report
    • Do BRCA1/2 mutations and low FMR1 alleles interact or not?
    • Gleicher N, Weghofer A, Barad DH.
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    • BRCA1/2 mutations and FMR1 alleles are randomly distributed: a case control study.
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    • The FMR1 CGG repeat test is not a candidate prescreening tool for identifying women with a high probability of being carriers of BRCA mutations.
    • Ricci MT, Pennese L, Gismondi V, Perfumo C, Grasso M, Gennaro E, Bruzzi P, Varesco L.
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    • Suspitsin EN, Yanus GA, Sokolenko AP, Yatsuk OS, Zaitseva OA, Bessonov AA, Ivantsov AO, Heinstein VA, Klimashevskiy VF, Togo AV, Imyanitov EN.
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    • Double heterozygosity in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in Italian family.
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    • Involvement of IGF-1R regulation by miR-515-5p modifies breast cancer risk among BRCA1 carriers.
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    Biallelic deleterious BRCA1 mutations in a woman with early-onset ovarian cancer.

    • Biallelic deleterious BRCA1 mutations in a woman with early-onset ovarian cancer.
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    Subject: BRCA1 deleterious mutation plus VUS on exon 9

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    BRCA1: A Missing Link in the Fanconi Anemia/BRCA Pathway.

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    Subject: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers?

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    • Germline truncating-mutations in BRCA1 and MSH6 in a patient with early onset endometrial cancer.
    • Kast K, Neuhann TM, Görgens H, Becker K, Keller K, Klink B, Aust D, Distler W, Schröck E, Schackert HK.
    • BMC Cancer. 2012 Nov 20;12:531. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-531.
    • Evaluation of chromosome 6p22 as a breast cancer risk modifier locus in a follow-up study of BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Stevens KN, Wang X, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Greene MH, Andrulis IL, Thomassen M, Caligo M; Swedish Breast Cancer Study, Sweden (SWE-BRCA), Nathanson KL, Jakubowska A, Osorio A, Hamann U, Godwin AK, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Southey M, Buys SS, Singer CF, Hansen TV, Arason A, Offit K, Piedmonte M, Montagna M, Imyanitov E, Tihomirova L, Sucheston L, Beattie M; HEreditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Group Netherlands (HEBON); German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (GC-HBOC), Neuhausen SL; CONsorzio Studi ITaliani sui Tumori Ereditari Alla Mammella (CONSIT Team), Szabo CI; kConFab, Simard J, Spurdle AB, Healey S, Chen X, Rebbeck TR, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Couch FJ.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Nov;136(1):295-302. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2255-6. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
    • Mutation analysis of BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2 and BRD7 in a hospital-based series of German patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
    • Pern F, Bogdanova N, Schürmann P, Lin M, Ay A, Länger F, Hillemanns P, Christiansen H, Park-Simon TW, Dörk T.
    • PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e47993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047993. Epub 2012 Oct 24.
    • A KRAS variant is a biomarker of poor outcome, platinum chemotherapy resistance and a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer.
    • Ratner ES, Keane FK, Lindner R, Tassi RA, Paranjape T, Glasgow M, Nallur S, Deng Y, Lu L, Steele L, Sand S, Muller RU, Bignotti E, Bellone S, Boeke M, Yao X, Pecorelli S, Ravaggi A, Katsaros D, Zelterman D, Cristea MC, Yu H, Rutherford TJ, Weitzel JN, Neuhausen SL, Schwartz PE, Slack FJ, Santin AD, Weidhaas JB.
    • Oncogene. 2012 Oct 18;31(42):4559-66. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.539. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

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    Press: Tiny genetic variation can predict ovarian cancer outcome. (EurekAlert!)

    • Effect of the MDM2 promoter polymorphisms SNP309T>G and SNP285G>C on the risk of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers.
    • Bjørnslett M, Knappskog S, Lønning PE, Dørum A.
    • BMC Cancer. 2012 Oct 5;12:454. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-454.
    • BRCA1/2 mutations appear embryo-lethal unless rescued by low (CGG n<26) FMR1 sub-genotypes: explanation for the "BRCA paradox"?
    • Weghofer A, Tea MK, Barad DH, Kim A, Singer CF, Wagner K, Gleicher N.
    • PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044753. Epub 2012 Sep 12.
    • Breast cancer risk factors differ between Asian and white women with BRCA1/2 mutations.
    • de Bruin MA, Kwong A, Goldstein BA, Lipson JA, Ikeda DM, McPherson L, Sharma B, Kardashian A, Schackmann E, Kingham KE, Mills MA, West DW, Ford JM, Kurian AW.
    • Fam Cancer. 2012 Sep;11(3):429-39. doi: 10.1007/s10689-012-9531-9.
    • Double heterozygosity for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 in German breast cancer patients: implications on test strategies and clinical management.
    • Heidemann S, Fischer C, Engel C, Fischer B, Harder L, Schlegelberger B, Niederacher D, Goecke TO, Doelken SC, Dikow N, Jonat W, Morlot S, Schmutzler RC, Arnold NK.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Aug;134(3):1229-39. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2050-4. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

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    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: BRCA2 and PALB2 mutation

    Subject: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers?

    • A nonsynonymous polymorphism in IRS1 modifies risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and ovarian cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Ding YC, McGuffog L, Healey S, Friedman E, Laitman Y, Paluch-Shimon S, Kaufman B; SWE-BRCA, Liljegren A, Lindblom A, Olsson H, Kristoffersson U, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Melin B, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck TR, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Durda K, Gronwald J, Huzarski T, Cybulski C, Byrski T, Osorio A, Cajal TR, Stavropoulou AV, Benítez J, Hamann U; HEBON, Rookus M, Aalfs CM, de Lange JL, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Oosterwijk JC, van Asperen CJ, Gómez García EB, Hoogerbrugge N, Jager A, van der Luijt RB; EMBRACE, Easton DF, Peock S, Frost D, Ellis SD, Platte R, Fineberg E, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Izatt L, Eeles R, Adlard J, Davidson R, Eccles D, Cole T, Cook J, Brewer C, Tischkowitz M, Godwin AK, Pathak H; GEMO Study Collaborators, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sinilnikova OM, Mazoyer S, Barjhoux L, Léoné M, Gauthier-Villars M, Caux-Moncoutier V, de Pauw A, Hardouin A, Berthet P, Dreyfus H, Ferrer SF, Collonge-Rame MA, Sokolowska J, Buys S, Daly M, Miron A, Terry MB, Chung W, John EM, Southey M, Goldgar D, Singer CF, Tea MK, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Fink-Retter A, Hansen TV, Ejlertsen B, Johannsson OT, Offit K, Sarrel K, Gaudet MM, Vijai J, Robson M, Piedmonte MR, Andrews L, Cohn D, DeMars LR, DiSilvestro P, Rodriguez G, Toland AE, Montagna M, Agata S, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Janavicius R, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Ramus SJ, Sucheston L, Karlan BY, Gross J, Ganz PA, Beattie MS, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Meindl A, Arnold N, Niederacher D, Preisler-Adams S, Gadzicki D, Varon-Mateeva R, Deissler H, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Kast K, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Simard J; KConFab Investigators, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Tomlinson GE, Weitzel J, Garber JE, Olopade OI, Rubinstein WS, Tung N, Blum JL, Narod SA, Brummel S, Gillen DL, Lindor N, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Couch FJ, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Greene MH, Loud JT, Mai PL, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Ozcelik H; OCGN, Gerdes AM, Thomassen M, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Caligo MA, Lee A, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Neuhausen SL; Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA).
    • Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Aug;21(8):1362-70. Epub 2012 Jun 22.
    • Breast cancer risk and 6q22.33: combined results from Breast Cancer Association Consortium and Consortium of Investigators on Modifiers of BRCA1/2.
    • Kirchhoff T, Gaudet MM, Antoniou AC, McGuffog L, Humphreys MK, Dunning AM, Bojesen SE, Nordestgaard BG, Flyger H, Kang D, Yoo KY, Noh DY, Ahn SH, Dork T, Schürmann P, Karstens JH, Hillemanns P, Couch FJ, Olson J, Vachon C, Wang X, Cox A, Brock I, Elliott G, Reed MW, Burwinkel B, Meindl A, Brauch H, Hamann U, Ko YD; GENICA Network, Broeks A, Schmidt MK, Van 't Veer LJ, Braaf LM, Johnson N, Fletcher O, Gibson L, Peto J, Turnbull C, Seal S, Renwick A, Rahman N, Wu PE, Yu JC, Hsiung CN, Shen CY, Southey MC, Hopper JL, Hammet F, Van Dorpe T, Dieudonne AS, Hatse S, Lambrechts D, Andrulis IL, Bogdanova N, Antonenkova N, Rogov JI, Prokofieva D, Bermisheva M, Khusnutdinova E, van Asperen CJ, Tollenaar RA, Hooning MJ, Devilee P, Margolin S, Lindblom A, Milne RL, Arias JI, Zamora MP, Benítez J, Severi G, Baglietto L, Giles GG; kConFab; AOCS Study Group, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Holland H, Healey S, Wang-Gohrke S, Chang-Claude J, Mannermaa A, Kosma VM, Kauppinen J, Kataja V, Agnarsson BA, Caligo MA, Godwin AK, Nevanlinna H, Heikkinen T, Fredericksen Z, Lindor N, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM; SWE-BRCA, Loman N, Karlsson P, Stenmark Askmalm M, Melin B, von Wachenfeldt A; HEBON, Hogervorst FB, Verheus M, Rookus MA, Seynaeve C, Oldenburg RA, Ligtenberg MJ, Ausems MG, Aalfs CM, Gille HJ, Wijnen JT, Gómez García EB; EMBRACE, Peock S, Cook M, Oliver CT, Frost D, Luccarini C, Pichert G, Davidson R, Chu C, Eccles D, Ong KR, Cook J, Douglas F, Hodgson S, Evans DG, Eeles R, Gold B, Pharoah PD, Offit K, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton DF; BCAC/CIMBA.
    • PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e35706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035706. Epub 2012 Jun 29.
    • AIB1 polymorphisms with breast cancer susceptibility: a pooled analysis of variation in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and non-carriers.
    • Zhang Y, Huang M, Zhu Z.
    • Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Jun;39(6):6881-6. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-1514-2. Epub 2012 Feb 4.
    • Meta-Analysis
    • Breast cancer genome-wide association studies: there is strength in numbers.
    • Fanale D, Amodeo V, Corsini LR, Rizzo S, Bazan V, Russo A.
    • Oncogene. 2012 Apr 26;31(17):2121-8. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.408. Epub 2011 Sep 26.
    • Review
    • Effects of BRCA2 cis-regulation in normal breast and cancer risk amongst BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Maia AT, Antoniou AC, O'Reilly M, Samarajiwa S, Dunning M, Kartsonaki C, Chin SF, Curtis CN, McGuffog L, Domchek SM; EMBRACE, Easton DF, Peock S, Frost D, Evans DG, Eeles R, Izatt L, Adlard J, Eccles D; GEMO Study Collaborators, Sinilnikova OM, Mazoyer S, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Gauthier-Villars M, Faivre L, Venat-Bouvet L, Delnatte C, Nevanlinna H, Couch FJ, Godwin AK, Caligo MA; SWE-BRCA, Barkardottir RB; kConFab Investigators, Chen X, Beesley J, Healey S, Caldas C, Chenevix-Trench G, Ponder BA.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 18;14(2):R63.
    • The KL-VS sequence variant of Klotho and cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Laitman Y, Kuchenbaecker KB, Rantala J, Hogervorst F, Peock S, Godwin AK, Arason A, Kirchhoff T, Offit K, Isaacs C, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Nevanlinna H, Chen X, Chenevix-Trench G, Healey S, Couch F, Peterlongo P, Radice P, Nathanson KL, Caligo MA, Neuhausen SL, Ganz P, Sinilnikova OM, McGuffog L, Easton DF, Antoniou AC, Wolf I, Friedman E.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Apr;132(3):1119-26. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1938-8. Epub 2012 Jan 3.
    • Common variants at the 19p13.1 and ZNF365 loci are associated with ER subtypes of breast cancer and ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Couch FJ, Gaudet MM, Antoniou AC, Ramus SJ, Kuchenbaecker KB, Soucy P, Beesley J, Chen X, Wang X, Kirchhoff T, McGuffog L, Barrowdale D, Lee A, Healey S, Sinilnikova OM, Andrulis IL; OCGN, Ozcelik H, Mulligan AM, Thomassen M, Gerdes AM, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Kruse TA, Caligo MA, von Wachenfeldt A, Barbany-Bustinza G, Loman N, Soller M, Ehrencrona H, Karlsson P; SWE-BRCA, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck TR, Domchek SM, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Durda K, Zlowocka E, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Gronwald J, Cybulski C, Górski B, Osorio A, Durán M, Tejada MI, Benitez J, Hamann U, Hogervorst FB; HEBON, van Os TA, van Leeuwen FE, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Wijnen J, Blok MJ, Kets M, Hooning MJ, Oldenburg RA, Ausems MG, Peock S, Frost D, Ellis SD, Platte R, Fineberg E, Evans DG, Jacobs C, Eeles RA, Adlard J, Davidson R, Eccles DM, Cole T, Cook J, Paterson J, Brewer C, Douglas F, Hodgson SV, Morrison PJ, Walker L, Porteous ME, Kennedy MJ, Side LE; EMBRACE, Bove B, Godwin AK, Stoppa-Lyonnet D; GEMO Study Collaborators, Fassy-Colcombet M, Castera L, Cornelis F, Mazoyer S, Léoné M, Boutry-Kryza N, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Caron O, Pujol P, Coupier I, Delnatte C, Akloul L, Lynch HT, Snyder CL, Buys SS, Daly MB, Terry M, Chung WK, John EM, Miron A, Southey MC, Hopper JL, Goldgar DE, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Tea MK, Fink-Retter A, Hansen TV, Nielsen FC, Arason A, Vijai J, Shah S, Sarrel K, Robson ME, Piedmonte M, Phillips K, Basil J, Rubinstein WS, Boggess J, Wakeley K, Ewart-Toland A, Montagna M, Agata S, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Janavicius R, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Feliubadalo L, Brunet J, Gayther SA, Pharoah PP, Odunsi KO, Karlan BY, Walsh CS, Olah E, Teo SH, Ganz PA, Beattie MS, van Rensburg EJ, Dorfling CM, Diez O, Kwong A, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Heidemann S, Niederacher D, Preisler-Adams S, Gadzicki D, Varon-Mateeva R, Deissler H, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Kast K, Fiebig B, Heinritz W, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Muranen TA, Nevanlinna H, Tischkowitz MD, Spurdle AB, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Lindor NM, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Barile M, Bernard L, Viel A, Giannini G, Varesco L, Radice P, Greene MH, Mai PL, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G; kConFab investigators, Offit K, Simard J; Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2.
    • Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Apr;21(4):645-57. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0888. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
    • Ovarian cancer susceptibility alleles and risk of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Ramus SJ, Antoniou AC, Kuchenbaecker KB, Soucy P, Beesley J, Chen X, McGuffog L, Sinilnikova OM, Healey S, Barrowdale D, Lee A, Thomassen M; many others.
    • Hum Mutat. 2012 Apr;33(4):690-702. doi: 10.1002/humu.22025. Epub 2012 Feb 14.
    • Unravelling modifiers of breast and ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: update on genetic modifiers.
    • Barnes DR, Antoniou AC.
    • J Intern Med. 2012 Apr;271(4):331-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02502.x.
    • KRAS rs61764370 is associated with HER2-overexpressed and poorly-differentiated breast cancer in hormone replacement therapy users: a case control study.
    • Cerne JZ, Stegel V, Gersak K, Novakovic S.
    • BMC Cancer. 2012 Mar 22;12:105. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-105.
    • A case of endometrial cancer in the context of a BRCA2 mutation and double heterozygosity for Lynch syndrome.
    • Gong P, Charles S, Rosenblum N, Wang Z, Witkiewicz AK.
    • Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2012 Mar 15;2(3):69-72. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2012.03.001. eCollection 2012.

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    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: Comments?

    • Association of death receptor 4 variant (683A>C) with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers.
    • Dick MG, Versmold B, Engel C, Meindl A, Arnold N, Varon-Mateeva R, Sutter C, Niederacher D, Deissler H, Preisler-Adams S, Kast K, Schäfer D, Gadzicki D, Heinritz W, Wappenschmidt B, Schmutzler RK.
    • Int J Cancer. 2012 Mar 15;130(6):1314-8. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26134. Epub 2011 May 30.
    • Common variants at 12p11, 12q24, 9p21, 9q31.2 and in ZNF365 are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers.
    • Antoniou AC, Kuchenbaecker KB, Soucy P, Beesley J, Chen X, McGuffog L, Lee A, Barrowdale D, Healey S, Sinilnikova OM, Caligo MA, Loman N, Harbst K, Lindblom A, Arver B, Rosenquist R, Karlsson P, Nathanson K, Domchek S, Rebbeck T, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Durda K, Złowowcka-Perłowska E, Osorio A, Durán M, Andrés R, Benítez J, Hamann U, Hogervorst FB, van Os TA, Verhoef S, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Wijnen J, Gómez Garcia EB, Ligtenberg MJ, Kriege M, Collée JM, Ausems MG, Oosterwijk JC, Peock S, Frost D, Ellis SD, Platte R, Fineberg E, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Jacobs C, Eeles R, Adlard J, Davidson R, Cole T, Cook J, Paterson J, Douglas F, Brewer C, Hodgson S, Morrison PJ, Walker L, Rogers MT, Donaldson A, Dorkins H, Godwin AK, Bove B, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Houdayer C, Buecher B, de Pauw A, Mazoyer S, Calender A, Léoné M, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Caron O, Sobol H, Frenay M, Prieur F, Ferrer SU, Mortemousque I, Buys S, Daly M, Miron A, Terry MU, Hopper JL, John EM, Southey M, Goldgar D, Singer CF, Fink-Retter A, Tea MK, Kaulich DU, Hansen TV, Nielsen FC, Barkardottir RB, Gaudet M, Kirchhoff T, Joseph V, Dutra-Clarke A, Offit K, Piedmonte M, Kirk J, Cohn D, Hurteau J, Byron J, Fiorica J, Toland AE, Montagna M, Oliani C, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Tihomirova L, Blanco I, Lazaro C, Teulé A, Valle JD, Gayther SA, Odunsi K, Gross J, Karlan BY, Olah E, Teo SH, Ganz PA, Beattie MS, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EU, Diez O, Kwong A, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Heidemann S, Niederacher D, Preisler-Adams S, Gadzicki D, Varon-Mateeva R, Deissler H, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Kast K, Fiebig B, Schäfer D, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Nevanlinna H, Muranen TA, Lespérance B, Spurdle AB, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Wang X, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Lindor NM, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Bonanni B, Bernard L, Dolcetti R, Papi L, Ottini L, Radice P, Greene MH, Loud JT, Andrulis IL, Ozcelik H, Mulligan AU, Glendon G, Thomassen M, Gerdes AM, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Kruse TA, Chenevix-Trench G, Couch FJ, Simard J, Easton DF; CIMBA, SWE-BRCA; HEBON; EMBRACE; GEMO Collaborators Study; kConFab Investigators.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 20;14(1):R33.
    • Gene-gene interactions in breast cancer susceptibility.
    • Turnbull C, Seal S, Renwick A, Warren-Perry M, Hughes D, Elliott A, Pernet D, Peock S, Adlard JW, Barwell J, Berg J, Brady AF, Brewer C, Brice G, Chapman C, Cook J, Davidson R, Donaldson A, Douglas F, Greenhalgh L, Henderson A, Izatt L, Kumar A, Lalloo F, Miedzybrodzka Z, Morrison PJ, Paterson J, Porteous M, Rogers MT, Shanley S, Walker L; Breast Cancer Susceptibility Collaboration (UK), EMBRACE, Ahmed M, Eccles D, Evans DG, Donnelly P, Easton DF, Stratton MR, Rahman N.
    • Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Feb 15;21(4):958-62. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr525. Epub 2011 Nov 9.
    • Breast cancer prognosis in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: an International Prospective Breast Cancer Family Registry population-based cohort study.
    • Goodwin PJ, Phillips KA, West DW, Ennis M, Hopper JL, John EM, O'Malley FP, Milne RL, Andrulis IL, Friedlander ML, Southey MC, Apicella C, Giles GG, Longacre TA.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jan 1;30(1):19-26. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.0068. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

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    Should all women with breast cancer be tested for BRCA mutations at the time of diagnosis?

    Press: Does a BRCA Mutation Influence Breast Cancer Outcomes? (Medscape Genomic Medicine)

    • Characteristics of double heterozygosity for BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in Korean breast cancer patients.
    • Noh JM, Choi DH, Nam SJ, Lee JE, Kim JW, Kim SW, Kang E, Lee MH, Ahn SH, Kim KS, Park SK, Haffty BG; Korea Breast Cancer Study Group.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Jan;131(1):217-22. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1718-5. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

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    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers?

    • The BRCA2 c.9004G>A (E2002K) [corrected] variant is likely pathogenic and recurs in breast and/or ovarian cancer families of French Canadian descent.
    • Cote S, Arcand SL, Royer R, Nolet S, Mes-Masson AM, Ghadirian P, Foulkes WD, Tischkowitz M, Narod SA, Provencher D, Tonin PN.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Jan;131(1):333-40. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1796-4. Epub 2011 Sep 27.