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    •• Commentary:

    Risk-Based Approaches to Breast Cancer Screening in China.

    • Methylation of promoter region of BRCA1 gene versus pathogenic variants of gene: risk factor or clinical marker of breast cancer.
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    •• Commentary:

    What if the age at which a woman started regular mammographic screening depended on her risk, not age?

    •• Press release: Study finds earlier mammograms for women with family history of breast cancer may not be needed. (UC Davis Health | News)

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    Research news: Breast Cancer Risk Contributors, Remaining Gaps Found With Familial Analyses. (GenomeWeb)

    • Family history of breast cancer, mammographic breast density and breast cancer risk: Findings from a cohort study of Korean women.
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    Research news: Polygenic Risk Scores Could Refine Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations. (Precision Oncology News)

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    Review registration number: CRD42021281336: The incidence of breast cancer in high risk population after fertility treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (PROSPERO register)

    • Association between epidemiological and clinico-pathological features of breast cancer with prognosis, family history, Ki-67 proliferation index and survival in Tunisian breast cancer patients.
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    Commentary:

    Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Breast MRI: More Is Not Better.

    • Homologous Recombination Deficiency Scar: Mutations and Beyond—Implications for Precision Oncology.
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    Research news: Breast Density Linked to Familial Breast Cancer Risk. (Medscape)

    • The WID-BC-index identifies women with primary poor prognostic breast cancer based on DNA methylation in cervical samples.
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    Press: Methylation Signatures Within Cervical Cells Capture Ovarian, Breast Cancer Risk. (GenomeWeb)

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    • Review

    Commentary:

    Invited Commentary: The Challenges of Early-Onset Breast Cancer.

    • Association of Family Cancer History With Pathogenic Variants in Specific Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes.
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    • Commentary: Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Microsatellite Instability in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Study of 440 Patients.
    • Venetis K, Fusco N, Sajjadi E.
    • Front Oncol. 2021 Sep 29;11:735476. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.735476.

    Original research:

    Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Microsatellite Instability in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Study of 440 Patients.

    • Retrospective Analysis of Clinicopathological Features and Familial Cancer History of Synchronous Bilateral Breast Cancer.
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    • Genetic variations of DNA bindings of FOXA1 and co-factors in breast cancer susceptibility.
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    • Germline Genetic Testing for Women With Breast Cancer: Shifting the Paradigm From Whom to Test to Whom NOT to Test.
    • Tung N, Desai N.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2021 Sep 7:JCO2101761. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01761. Epub ahead of print.

    Original research:

    Risk of Late-Onset Breast Cancer in Genetically Predisposed Women.

    Original research:

    Evaluation of Germline Genetic Testing Criteria in a Hospital-Based Series of Women With Breast Cancer.

    • Biological Role and Clinical Implications of microRNAs in BRCA Mutation Carriers.
    • Tommasi C, Pellegrino B, Boggiani D, Sikokis A, Michiara M, Uliana V, Bortesi B, Bonatti F, Mozzoni P, Pinelli S, Squadrilli A, Viani MV, Cassi D, Maglietta G, Meleti M, Musolino A.
    • Front Oncol. 2021 Sep 6;11:700853. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.700853.
    • Body mass index and type 2 diabetes and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization study.
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    • Am J Cancer Res. 2021 Aug 15;11(8):3921-3934.
    • Diagnostic chest X-rays and breast cancer risk among women with a hereditary predisposition to breast cancer unexplained by a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
    • Ribeiro Guerra M, Coignard J, Eon-Marchais S, Dondon MG, Le Gal D, Beauvallet J, Mebirouk N, Belotti M, Caron O, Gauthier-Villars M, Coupier I, Buecher B, Lortholary A, Fricker JP, Gesta P, Noguès C, Faivre L, Berthet P, Luporsi E, Delnatte C, Bonadona V, Maugard CM, Pujol P, Lasset C, Longy M, Bignon YJ, Adenis-Lavignasse C, Venat-Bouvet L, Dreyfus H, Gladieff L, Mortemousque I, Audebert-Bellanger S, Soubrier F, Giraud S, Lejeune-Dumoulin S, Limacher JM, Chiesa J, Fajac A, Floquet A, Eisinger F, Tinat J, Fert-Ferrer S, Colas C, Frebourg T, Damiola F, Barjhoux L, Cavaciuti E, Mazoyer S, Tardivon A, Lesueur F, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Andrieu N.
    • Breast Cancer Res. 2021 Aug 3;23(1):79. doi: 10.1186/s13058-021-01456-1.
    • Risk of Late-Onset Breast Cancer in Genetically Predisposed Women.
    • Boddicker NJ, Hu C, Weitzel JN, Kraft P, Nathanson KL, Goldgar DE, Na J, Huang H, Gnanaolivu RD, Larson N, Yussuf A, Yao S, Vachon CM, Trentham-Dietz A, Teras L, Taylor JA, Scott CE, Sandler DP, Pesaran T, Patel AV, Palmer JR, Ong IM, Olson JE, O'Brien K, Neuhausen S, Martinez E, Ma H, Lindstrom S, Le Marchand L, Kooperberg C, Karam R, Hunter DJ, Hodge JM, Haiman C, Gaudet MM, Gao C, LaDuca H, Lacey JV, Dolinsky JS, Chao E, Carter BD, Burnside ES, Bertrand KA, Bernstein L, Auer PW, Ambrosone C, Yadav S, Hart SN, Polley EC, Domchek SM, Couch FJ.
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    Commentary, Research report:

    Germline Genetic Testing for Women With Breast Cancer: Shifting the Paradigm From Whom to Test to Whom NOT to Test.

    Press: Older Women with Breast Cancer May Benefit from Genetic Testing (Clinical OMICs)

    • No Association of Early-Onset Breast or Ovarian Cancer with Early-Onset Cancer in Relatives in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Families.
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    • Genes (Basel). 2021 Jul 20;12(7):1100. doi: 10.3390/genes12071100.
    • A search for modifying genetic factors in CHEK2:c.1100delC breast cancer patients.
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    • Genomic Risk Prediction for Breast Cancer in Older Women.
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    Editorial, Comment:

    Learning From Temporal Relationships: Childbirth and Breast Cancer Risk.

    Research news: Breast cancer risk increases modestly after childbirth. (FORCE. XRAYS.)

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    Letter, Comment:

    Response to Lee et al 2019: Essential to frame study implications within the context of prior findings from enriched cohorts for underlying familial risk of breast cancer.

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    Original research:

    Methylation of BRCA1 and MGMT genes in white blood cells are transmitted from mothers to daughters.

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    Editorial:

    GPS for navigating healthcare.

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    Letter, Commentary:

    BRCA1 methylation in newborns: genetic disposition, maternal transfer, environmental influence, or by chance only?

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    Research news:

    Older women with a family history of breast cancer face increased risk of the disease.

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    Letter, Comment:

    Reported Biologic Differences in Breast Cancer by Race Due to Disparities in Screening.

    Letter, Reply:

    Reported Biologic Differences in Breast Cancer by Race Due to Disparities in Screening-Reply.

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    Press: More Breast Cancer Risk Gene Variants Discovered. (Medscape/WebMD)

    Research News: No new high-risk breast cancer genes here. (FORCE)

    • The BRCA2 variant c.68-7 T>A is associated with breast cancer.
    • Møller P, Hovig E.
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    Retraction of Publication:

    Retraction Note to: The BRCA2 variant c.68-7 T > A is associated with breast cancer.

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    Editorial

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    Breast cancer in Wilms tumor survivors: New insights into primary and secondary prevention.

    Letter, Comment:

    Wilms tumor and breast cancer.

    Letter, Reply:

    Wilms tumor and breast cancer.

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    • Genetic variants associated with breast cancer risk for Ashkenazi Jewish women with strong family histories but no identifiable BRCA1/2 mutation.
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    • Lipid metabolism genes in contralateral unaffected breast and estrogen receptor status of breast cancer.
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    Press: Breast cancer gene test could allow preventive treatment. (The Telegraph)

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    Comments on NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: justification for MRI?

    Subject: Estimating risk of a SECOND breast cancer and breast MRI

    Subject: MRI in patients who are BRCA negative, high risk, have cancer

    Press: Family Hx Ups Contralateral Breast CA Risk Even Without BRCA Mutation. (Medscape/Reuters Health)

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    Press: Simple Blood Test Reveals DNA Marker That Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence. (Medical News Today)

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    Comment, Editorial:

    Evaluating breast cancer risk with genome-wide association studies: is this approach patient ready?

    Press: Evaluating Breast Cancer Risk With Genome-Wide Association Studies: Is This Approach Patient Ready? (Journal of Clinical Oncology)

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    Press: Family History, Alcohol Affect Risk for Benign Breast Disease (Medscape)

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    Comment, Editorial:

    Risk-based mammography screening: an effort to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms.

    News:

    Studies support risk-based mammography screening.

    • Intragenic ATM methylation in peripheral blood DNA as a biomarker of breast cancer risk.
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    News: Epigenetic test could inform breast cancer risk prediction. (PHG Foundation)

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    • Routine testing for PALB2 mutations in familial pancreatic cancer families and breast cancer families with pancreatic cancer is not indicated.
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    Comments from NSGC Discussion Forum Cancer SIG

    Subject: Relative risks for male breast cancer

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