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    •• Original research:

    A High Percentage of NSCLC With Germline CHEK2 Mutation Harbors Actionable Driver Alterations: Survey of a Cancer Genomic Database and Review of Literature.

    • The germline mutational landscape of genitourinary cancers and its indication for prognosis and risk.
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    • UK consensus recommendations for clinical management of cancer risk for women with germline pathogenic variants in cancer predisposition genes: RAD51C, RAD51D, BRIP1 and PALB2.
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    • Avelumab Plus Talazoparib in Patients With BRCA1/2- or ATM-Altered Advanced Solid Tumors: Results From JAVELIN BRCA/ATM, an Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase 2b, Tumor-Agnostic Trial.
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    •• Identifier: NCT03565991: Javelin BRCA/ATM: Avelumab Plus Talazoparib in Patients With BRCA or ATM Mutant Solid Tumors. (ClinicalTrials.gov . Accessed 2022 Nov 19.)

    •• Commentary:

    Combining PARP Inhibitor With Immunotherapy-Does the Promise of Preclinical Data Translate to Clinic?

    • Genetic Characterization in High-Risk Individuals from a Low-Resource City of Peru.
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    •• Letter, Commentary:

    RE: Heterozygous BRCA1/BRCA2 and Mismatch Repair Gene Pathogenic Variants in Children and Adolescents With Cancer.

    •• Letter, Reply:

    Reply to Evans and Woodward.

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    A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes.

    • NBN pathogenic germline variants are associated with pan-cancer susceptibility and in vitro DNA damage response defects.
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    • The prevalence of germline pathogenic variants in Estonian colorectal cancer patients: results from routine clinical setting 2016–2021.
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    • Case report: Two sisters with a germline CHEK2 variant and distinct endocrine neoplasias.
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    • Detection of microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) status by targeted plasma-based genotyping in metastatic breast cancer.
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    • Genome- and transcriptome-wide association studies of 386,000 Asian and European-ancestry women provide new insights into breast cancer genetics.
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    •• Research news: Largest Genetic Risk Study in Breast Cancer Reveals Differences Between Asian and European Populations. (Inside Precision Medicine)

    • Familial history and prevalence of BRCA1, BRCA2 and TP53 pathogenic variants in HBOC Brazilian patients from a public healthcare service.
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    • Case report
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    • Cancer risks associated with heterozygous ATM loss of function and missense pathogenic variants based on multigene panel analysis.
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    • The Frequency of Germline BRCA and Non-BRCA HR-Gene-Variants in a Cohort of Pancreatic Cancer Patients.
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    • Germline and somatic variants in ovarian carcinoma: a next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis.
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    • Review
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    • Adolescent Triple-negative Breast Cancer with Germline Pathogenic Variants in both BRCA1 and TP53 Genes: A Case Report.
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    • Front Oncol. 2022 Oct 26;12:970641. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.970641.
    • PTEN Loss Enhances Error-Prone DSB Processing and Tumor Cell Radiosensitivity by Suppressing RAD51 Expression and Homologous Recombination.
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    • APC germline pathogenic variants and epithelial ovarian cancer: causal or coincidental findings?
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    • Case report
    • Mutational landscape of DNA damage response deficiency-related genes and its association with immune biomarkers in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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    • Neoplasma. 2022 Oct 21:220721N738. doi: 10.4149/neo_2022_220721N738. Epub ahead of print.
    • Links between Breast and Thyroid Cancer: Hormones, Genetic Susceptibility and Medical Interventions.
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    • MAPK Pathway Genetic Alterations Are Associated with Prolonged Overall Survival in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma.
    • Manning-Geist B, Gordhandas S, Liu YL, Zhou Q, Iasonos A, Da Cruz Paula A, Mandelker D, Roche KL, Zivanovic O, Maio A, Kemel Y, Chi DS, O'Cearbhaill RE, Aghajanian C, Weigelt B, Chui MH, Grisham RN.
    • Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Oct 14;28(20):4456-4465. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-4183.

    Commentary:

    Taking the Road Less Traveled: Following Molecular Trail Markers.

    • Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Service in Sparsely Populated Western Pomerania.
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    • An updated counseling framework for moderate-penetrance colorectal cancer susceptibility genes.
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    • Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Missed Variant Update Delays Li-Fraumeni Diagnosis.
    • Ray T.
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    Special article:

    Is there a duty to reinterpret genetic data? The ethical dimensions.

    • A novel germline mutation of TP53 with breast cancer diagnosed as Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
    • Kai M, Kubo M, Shikada S, Hayashi S, Morisaki T, Yamada M, Takao Y, Shimazaki A, Harada Y, Kaneshiro K, Mizuuchi Y, Shindo K, Nakamura M.
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    • Copy Number Variants Are Ovarian Cancer Risk Alleles at Known and Novel Risk Loci.
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    • Management of ovarian and breast cancer risk in non-BRCA HBOC pathogenic variant carriers in a large California health care system.
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    • Segregation analysis of 17,425 population-based breast cancer families: Evidence for genetic susceptibility and risk prediction.
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    Research news: Breast Cancer Risk Contributors, Remaining Gaps Found With Familial Analyses. (GenomeWeb)

    • Application of Multigene Panels Testing for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes.
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    • Benign SNPs in the Coding Region of TP53: Finding the Needles in a Haystack of Pathogenic Variants.
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    • Review
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    Commentary:

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    Commentary:

    Mismatch repair deficiency in ovarian cancer.

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    Commentary:

    Patchwork Cancer Predisposition.

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    Original research:

    Errors in delivery of cancer genetics services: implications for practice.

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    Press: Breast Tumor Features Reflecting Germline Variants May Improve Risk Prediction Models. (Precision Oncology News)

    Research news: Variants of Nine Breast Cancer Genes Associated With Severe Disease. (Medscape)

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    Commentary:

    Genetic risk of cancer: a tale of diversity from the Middle East.

    Research news: Genetic Cancer Risk Varies by Ancestry in Qatari Population, New Analysis Finds. (GenomeWeb)

    Research news: Qatar Genome Program Reports Genetic Cancer Risk in Diverse Arab Populations. (Inside Precision Medicine)

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    Original research:

    Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes.

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    Research news: NHS gene testing misses half of people at risk of cancer, study warns. (Sky News)

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    Guideline:

    Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

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    • Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes.
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    Press: Breast Tumor Features Reflecting Germline Variants May Improve Risk Prediction Models. (Precision Oncology News)

    Research news: Variants of Nine Breast Cancer Genes Associated With Severe Disease. (Medscape)

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    Commentary:

    Editorial: Familial Cancer in China: From Detection to Screening and Management.

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    Dataset description:

    A South African Indian population group dataset for breast cancer and BRCA1/2 variants.

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    Original research:

    Therapeutic Implications of Germline Testing in Patients With Advanced Cancers.

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

    • Protein truncating variants in FANCM and risk for ER-negative/triple negative breast cancer.
    • Peterlongo P, Figlioli G, Deans AJ, Couch FJ.
    • NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021 Sep 28;7(1):130. doi: 10.1038/s41523-021-00338-1.
    • Pathogenic genetic variants from highly connected cancer susceptibility genes confer the loss of structural stability.
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    • Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 28;11(1):19264. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98547-y.
    • Fanconi Anaemia, Childhood Cancer and the BRCA Genes.
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    • Breast radiotherapy-related treatment outcomes in patients with or without germline mutations on multigene panel testing.
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    • Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Sep 25:S0360-3016(21)02830-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.09.026. Epub ahead of print.
    • The Importance of Extended Analysis Using Current Molecular Genetic Methods Based on the Example of a Cohort of 228 Patients with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome.
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    • Identification of a novel pathogenic variant in PALB2 and BARD1 genes by a multigene sequencing panel in triple negative breast cancer in Morocco.
    • Laraqui A, Cavaillé M, Uhrhammer N, ElBiad O, Bidet Y, El Rhaffouli H, El Anaz H, Rahali DM, Kouach J, Guelzim K, Badaoui B, AlBouzidi A, Oukabli M, Tanz R, Sbitti Y, Ichou M, Ennibi K, Sekhsokh Y, Bignon YJ.
    • J Genomics. 2021 Sep 18;9:43-54. doi: 10.7150/jgen.61713.
    • Genetic testing in women with early-onset breast cancer: a Traceback pilot study.
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    • Homozygous Germline APC p.I1307K Variants: A Case Series.
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    • Genetic variations of DNA bindings of FOXA1 and co-factors in breast cancer susceptibility.
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    • Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 13;12(1):5318. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25670-9.
    • The prevalence of ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) variants in patients with breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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    • Cancer Cell Int. 2021 Sep 8;21(1):474. doi: 10.1186/s12935-021-02172-8.
    • Transcriptome of Male Breast Cancer Matched with Germline Profiling Reveals Novel Molecular Subtypes with Possible Clinical Relevance.
    • Zelli V, Silvestri V, Valentini V, Bucalo A, Rizzolo P, Zanna I, Bianchi S, Coppa A, Giannini G, Cortesi L, Calistri D, Tibiletti MG, Fox SB, Fab K, Palli D, Ottini L.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 8;13(18):4515. doi: 10.3390/cancers13184515.
    • Feasibility of genetic testing for cancer risk assessment programme in Nigeria.
    • Adejumo PO, Aniagwu TIG, Awolude OA, Oni AO, Ajayi OO, Fagbenle O, Ogungbade D, Kochheiser M, Ogundiran T, Olopade OI.
    • Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Sep 7;15:1283. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.1283.
    • 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.

    • Maximizing cancer prevention through genetic navigation for Lynch syndrome detection in women with newly diagnosed endometrial and nonserous/nonmucinous epithelial ovarian cancer.
    • Kim SR, Tone A, Kim RH, Cesari M, Clarke BA, Eiriksson L, Hart TL, Aronson M, Holter S, Lytwyn A, Maganti M, Oldfield L, Gallinger S, Bernardini MQ, Oza AM, Djordjevic B, Lerner-Ellis J, Van de Laar E, Vicus D, Pugh TJ, Pollett A, Ferguson SE.
    • Cancer. 2021 Sep 1;127(17):3082-3091. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33625. Epub 2021 May 13.
    • Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Genotype-Specific Surveillance and Preventive Strategies for Gynecologic Cancers Among Women With Lynch Syndrome.
    • Wright JD, Silver ER, Tan SX, Hur C, Kastrinos F.
    • JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2123616. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23616.

    Commentary:

    Exploring Gene-Specific Guidelines for Risk Management of Gynecological Cancer in Lynch Syndrome

    • Multiple Mutation Detection for Risk Assessment in Patients with Breast Cancer by Using Next-Generation Sequencing.
    • Liu PF, Zhuo ZL, Xie F, Xian HP, Liu C, Wang S, Zhao XT.
    • Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Sep;51(5):670-677.
    • Identification of a Locus Near ULK1 Associated With Progression-Free Survival in Ovarian Cancer.
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    • Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Sep;30(9):1669-1680. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1817. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

    Commentary:

    Scratching Below the Ovarian Cancer GWAS Surface.

    • Lynch syndrome-associated epithelial ovarian cancer and its immunological profile.
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    • Breast Cancer. 2021 Aug 31. doi: 10.1007/s12282-021-01283-4. Epub ahead of print.
    • Genetic predisposition to male breast cancer in Poland.
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    • Discovery of structural deletions in breast cancer predisposition genes using whole genome sequencing data from > 2000 women of African-ancestry.
    • Chen Z, Guo X, Long J, Ping J, Li B, Fadden MK, Ahearn TU, Stram DO, Shu XO, Jia G, Figueroa J; Ghana Breast Health Study team, Palmer JR, Sanderson M, Haiman CA, Blot WJ, Garcia-Closas M, Cai Q, Zheng W.
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    • Current gene panels account for nearly all homologous recombination repair-associated multiple-case breast cancer families.
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    • Germline mutations in Black patients with ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal carcinomas.
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    • Understanding the Clinical Implications of Low Penetrant Genes and Breast Cancer Risk.
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    • Review
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    • Cancer predisposition and germline CTNNA1 variants.
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    • Genetic Variants and Tumor Immune Microenvironment: Clues for Targeted Therapies in Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC).
    • Gong Y, Nagarathinam R, Arisi MF, Gerratana L, Winn JS, Slifker M, Pei J, Cai KQ, Hasse Z, Obeid E, Noriega J, Sebastiano C, Ross E, Alpaugh K, Cristofanilli M, Fernandez SV.
    • Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Aug 19;22(16):8924. doi: 10.3390/ijms22168924.
    • Study: Frequency of inherited mutations linked to breast cancer are similar in Black and white women.
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    • FORCE. XRAY. 2021 Aug 13.

    Original research:

    Comparison of the Prevalence of Pathogenic Variants in Cancer Susceptibility Genes in Black Women and Non-Hispanic White Women With Breast Cancer in the United States.

    • The Fanconi anemia pathway and Breast Cancer: A comprehensive review of clinical data.
    • Gianni P, Matenoglou E, Geropoulos G, Agrawal N, Adnani H, Zafeiropoulos S, Miyara SJ, Guevara S, Mumford JM, Molmenti EP, Giannis D.
    • Clin Breast Cancer. 2021 Aug 10:S1526-8209(21)00238-X. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2021.08.001. Epub ahead of print.
    • Review
    • CEACAM Gene Family Mutations Associated With Inherited Breast Cancer Risk - A Comparative Oncology Approach to Discovery.
    • Huskey ALW, McNeely I, Merner ND.
    • Front Genet. 2021 Aug 10;12:702889. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.702889.
    • POLE, POLD1, and NTHL1: the last but not the least hereditary cancer-predisposing genes.
    • Magrin L, Fanale D, Brando C, Fiorino A, Corsini LR, Sciacchitano R, Filorizzo C, Dimino A, Russo A, Bazan V.
    • Oncogene. 2021 Aug 6. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-01984-2. Epub ahead of print.
    • Review
    • Risks and Function of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Alleles.
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    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Aug 5;13(16):3953. doi: 10.3390/cancers13163953.
    • Double Heterozygous Mutations in the BRCA2 and ATM Genes: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
    • Duzkale Teker N, Eyerci N.
    • Breast Care (Basel). 2021 Aug;16(4):412-417. doi: 10.1159/000511430. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
    • Case report
    • Optimization of prediction methods for risk assessment of pathogenic germline variants in the Japanese population.
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    • Cancer Sci. 2021 Aug;112(8):3338-3348. doi: 10.1111/cas.14986. Epub 2021 Jun 28.
    • Impact of deleterious variants in other genes beyond BRCA1/2 detected in breast/ovarian and pancreatic cancer patients by NGS-based multi-gene panel testing: looking over the hedge.
    • Bono M, Fanale D, Incorvaia L, Cancelliere D, Fiorino A, Calò V, Dimino A, Filorizzo C, Corsini LR, Brando C, Madonia G, Cucinella A, Scalia R, Barraco N, Guadagni F, Pedone E, Badalamenti G, Russo A, Bazan V.
    • ESMO Open. 2021 Aug;6(4):100235. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100235. Epub 2021 Aug 7.
    • Management of individuals with germline variants in PALB2: a clinical practice resource of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).
    • Tischkowitz M, Balmaña J, Foulkes WD, James P, Ngeow J, Schmutzler R, Voian N, Wick MJ, Stewart DR, Pal T; ACMG Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee.
    • Genet Med. 2021 Aug;23(8):1416-1423. doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01151-8. Epub 2021 May 11.
    • Guidelines
    • The other side of the coin: dissecting molecular mechanisms behind hereditary breast cancer in search of therapeutic opportunities.
    • Stella S, Martorana F, Manzella L, Vigneri P.
    • Transl Oncol. 2021 Aug;14(8):101104. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101104. Epub 2021 May 13.

    Original research:

    Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women.

    Original research:

    A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer.

    • Breast cancer incidence and early diagnosis in a family history risk and prevention clinic: 33-year experience in 14,311 women.
    • Evans DG, Howell SJ, Gandhi A, van Veen EM, Woodward ER, Harvey J, Barr L, Wallace A, Lalloo F, Wilson M, Hurley E, Lim Y, Maxwell AJ, Harkness EF, Howell A.
    • Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jul 26. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06333-1. Epub ahead of print.
    • Identifying Sequence Variants of 18 Hereditary Ovarian Cancer-Associated Genes in Chinese Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients.
    • Wu X, Chen Z, Ren P, Zhao X, Tang D, Geng H, Xu X, Zhao W.
    • Biomed Res Int. 2021 Jul 24;2021:5579543. doi: 10.1155/2021/5579543.
    • 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.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jul 22:JCO2100531. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.00531. Epub ahead of print.

    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)

    • TUMOSPEC: A Nation-Wide Study of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Families with a Predicted Pathogenic Variant Identified through Multigene Panel Testing.
    • Lesueur F, Eon-Marchais S, Bonnet-Boissinot S, Beauvallet J, Dondon MG, Golmard L, Rouleau E, Garrec C, Martinez M, Toulas C, Nguyen TD, Brayotel F, Crivelli L, Maugard CM, Bubien V, Sevenet N, Gesta P, Chieze-Valero S, Nambot S, Goussot V, Mari V, Popovici C, Prieur F, Morin-Meschin ME, Tinat J, Lortholary A, Dreyfus H, Bidart M, Collonge-Rame MA, Mozelle-Nivoix M, Gladieff L, Giraud S, Boutry-Kryza N, Chiesa J, Denizeau P, Bignon YJ, Uhrhammer N, Cohen-Haguenauer O, Vilquin P, Mailliez A, Coupier I, Rey JM, Lacaze E, Béra O, Colas C, Coulet F, Delnatte C, Houdayer C, Lasset C, Lemonnier J, Longy M, Noguès C, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Vaur D, Andrieu N, Caron O.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 21;13(15):3659. doi: 10.3390/cancers13153659.
    • Expanding the phenotype of E318K (c.952G > A) MITF germline mutation carriers: case series and review of the literature.
    • Oliveira LJC, Gongora ABL, Lima FAS, Canedo FSNA, Quirino CV, Pisani JP, Achatz MI, Rossi BM.
    • Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2021 Jul 21;19(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s13053-021-00189-8.
    • A search for modifying genetic factors in CHEK2:c.1100delC breast cancer patients.
    • Wendt C, Muranen TA, Mielikäinen L, Thutkawkorapin J, Blomqvist C, Jiao X, Ehrencrona H, Tham E, Arver B, Melin B, Kuchinskaya E, Stenmark Askmalm M, Paulsson-Karlsson Y, Einbeigi Z, von Wachenfeldt Väppling A, Kalso E, Tasmuth T, Kallioniemi A, Aittomäki K, Nevanlinna H, Borg Å, Lindblom A.
    • Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 20;11(1):14763. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93926-x.
    • Clinicopathological characterization of a real-world multicenter cohort of endometrioid ovarian carcinoma: Analysis of the French national ESME-Unicancer database.
    • De Nonneville A, Zemmour C, Frank S, Joly F, Ray-Coquard I, Costaz H, Classe JM, Floquet A, De la Motte Rouge T, Colombo PE, Sauterey B, Leblanc E, Pomel C, Marchal F, Barranger E, Savoye AM, Guillemet C, Petit T, Pautier P, Rouzier R, Gladieff L, Simon G, Courtinard C, Sabatier R.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Jul 19:S0090-8258(21)00581-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.07.019. Epub ahead of print.
    • Detection of Germline Variants in 450 Breast/Ovarian Cancer Families with a Multi-Gene Panel Including Coding and Regulatory Regions.
    • Guglielmi C, Scarpitta R, Gambino G, Conti E, Bellè F, Tancredi M, Cervelli T, Falaschi E, Cosini C, Aretini P, Congregati C, Marino M, Patruno M, Pilato B, Spina F, Balestrino L, Tenedini E, Carnevali I, Cortesi L, Tagliafico E, Tibiletti MG, Tommasi S, Ghilli M, Vivanet C, Galli A, Caligo MA.
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    • Incidental findings from cancer next generation sequencing panels.
    • Maani N, Panabaker K, McCuaig JM, Buckley K, Semotiuk K, Farncombe KM, Ainsworth P, Panchal S, Sadikovic B, Armel SR, Lin H, Kim RH.
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    • Sequencing for germline mutations in Swedish breast cancer families reveals novel breast cancer risk genes.
    • Helgadottir HT, Thutkawkorapin J, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Lindblom A.
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    • Genetic Landscape of Male Breast Cancer.
    • Campos FAB, Rouleau E, Torrezan GT, Carraro DM, Casali da Rocha JC, Mantovani HK, da Silva LR, Osório CABT, Moraes Sanches S, Caputo SM, Santana Dos Santos E.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 15;13(14):3535. doi: 10.3390/cancers13143535.
    • Results from London Regional Clinical Genetics services over a 5-year period on germline TP53 testing in women diagnosed with breast cancer at <30 years.
    • Garrett A, Talukdar S, Izatt L, Brady AF, Whyte S, Josephs KS, Shanmugasundaram M, Guillemot LS, Vakili D, Ey S, Ahmed M.
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    • Genomic Risk Prediction for Breast Cancer in Older Women.
    • Lacaze P, Bakshi A, Riaz M, Orchard SG, Tiller J, Neumann JT, Carr PR, Joshi AD, Cao Y, Warner ET, Manning A, Nguyen-Dumont T, Southey MC, Milne RL, Ford L, Sebra R, Schadt E, Gately L, Gibbs P, Thompson BA, Macrae FA, James P, Winship I, McLean C, Zalcberg JR, Woods RL, Chan AT, Murray AM, McNeil JJ.
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    • MRN complex and cancer risk: old bottles, new wine.
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    • Commentary, Review
    • Analysis of Sequence and Copy Number Variants in Canadian Patient Cohort With Familial Cancer Syndromes Using a Unique Next Generation Sequencing Based Approach.
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    • Front Genet. 2021 Jul 13;12:698595. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.698595.
    • A computational and structural analysis of germline and somatic variants affecting the DDR mechanism, and their impact on human diseases.
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    • Mutational profile of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer - Establishing genetic testing guidelines in a developing country.
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    • Genetic analysis of functional rare germline variants across 9 cancer types from an electronic health record linked biobank.
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    Press: More than 500 Structural Variants Linked to Hereditary Cancer and Cardiovascular Disorders Identified. (Clinical OMICs)

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    Original research:

    Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women.

    Original research:

    A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer.

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    Editorial:

    Precision Medicine in Oncology-Toward the Integrated Targeting of Somatic and Germline Genomic Aberrations.

    Letter, Comment:

    Is Universal Next-Generation Sequencing Testing of Patients With Advanced Cancer Ready for Prime Time?

    Letter, Reply:

    Is Universal Next-Generation Sequencing Testing of Patients With Advanced Cancer Ready for Prime Time?-Reply.

    Press: Germline Testing: Variant in 1 in 6 Cases of Advanced Cancer. (Medscape Oncology)

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    Original research:

    TBCRC 048: Phase II Study of Olaparib for Metastatic Breast Cancer and Mutations in Homologous Recombination-Related Genes.

    Original research:

    Effect of Germline Mutations in Homologous Recombination Repair Genes on Overall Survival of Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

    • What’s Autism Got To Do With It?
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    • BRCA mutation rate and characteristics of prostate tumor in breast and ovarian cancer families: analysis of 6,591 Italian pedigrees.
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    • E2F1 copy number variations in germline and breast cancer: a retrospective study of 222 Italian women.
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    • Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: What Has Changed and What Still Needs To Change?
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    • Medscape. News & Perspective. 2021 Mar 8.

    Original research:

    Time Trends in Receipt of Germline Genetic Testing and Results for Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer or Ovarian Cancer, 2012-2019.

    • Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Microsatellite Instability in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Study of 440 Patients.
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    • Front Oncol. 2021 Mar 4;11:570623. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.570623.

    Commentary:

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

    • VTRNA2-1: Genetic Variation, Heritable Methylation and Disease Association.
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    Original research:

    A mismatch in care: results of a United Kingdom-wide patient and clinician survey of gynaecological services for women with Lynch syndrome

    • Germline variants of Brazilian women with breast cancer and detection of a novel pathogenic ATM deletion in early-onset breast cancer.
    • Bandeira G, Rocha K, Lazar M, Ezquina S, Yamamoto G, Varela M, Takahashi V, Aguena M, Gollop T, Zatz M, Passos-Bueno MR, Krepischi A, Okamoto OK.
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    • New germline mutations in BRCA1, ATM, MUTYH, and RAD51D genes in Tuvans early-onset breast cancer patients.
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    • Prospective pan-cancer germline testing using MSK-IMPACT informs clinical translation in 751 patients with pediatric solid tumors.
    • Fiala EM, Jayakumaran G, Mauguen A, Kennedy JA, Bouvier N, Kemel Y, Fleischut MH, Maio A, Salo-Mullen EE, Sheehan M, Arnold AG, Latham A, Carlo MI, Cadoo K, Murkherjee S, Slotkin EK, Trippett T, Glade Bender J, Meyers PA, Wexler L, Dela Cruz FS, Cheung NK, Basu E, Kentsis A, Ortiz M, Francis JH, Dunkel IJ, Khakoo Y, Gilheeney S, Farouk Sait S, Forlenza CJ, Sulis M, Karajannis M, Modak S, Gerstle JT, Heaton TE, Roberts S, Yang C, Jairam S, Vijai J, Topka S, Friedman DN, Stadler ZK, Robson M, Berger MF, Schultz N, Ladanyi M, O'Reilly RJ, Abramson DH, Ceyhan-Birsoy O, Zhang L, Mandelker D, Shukla NN, Kung AL, Offit K, Zehir A, Walsh MF.
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    Press: Study Demonstrates the Reasons to Screen Children with Cancer for Inherited Cancer Genes. (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. News & Information.)

    Press: MSK Researchers Detail Inherited Cancer Risk in Pediatric Patients. (Clinical OMICs)

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    • Modification of Homologous Recombination Deficiency Score Threshold and Association with Long-Term Survival in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.
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    • Case Report: Detection of a Novel Germline PALB2 Deletion in a Young Woman With Hereditary Breast Cancer: When the Patient's Phenotype History Doesn't Lie.
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    • A synergetic effect of BARD1 mutations on tumorigenesis.
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    • Germline molecular data in hereditary breast cancer in Brazil: Lessons from a large single-center analysis.
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    • Recurrent Mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, RAD51C, PALB2 and CHEK2 in Polish Patients with Ovarian Cancer.
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    The ten genes for breast (and ovarian) cancer susceptibility.

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    Guidelines:

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

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    Original research:

    Association of Germline Genetic Testing Results With Locoregional and Systemic Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer.

    • Association of a Polygenic Risk Score With Breast Cancer Among Women Carriers of High- and Moderate-Risk Breast Cancer Genes.
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    • An overview of cancer genetics with focus on involvement of BRCA1/2 genes in breast carcinomas.
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    • New germline mutations in non-BRCA genes among breast cancer women of Mongoloid origin.
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    • DNA Repair and Ovarian Carcinogenesis: Impact on Risk, Prognosis and Therapy Outcome.
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    Conference abstract:

    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).

    • CHEK2 Mutation in Patient with Multiple Endocrine Glands Tumors. Case Report.
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    • Hereditary Gastric and Breast Cancer Syndromes Related to CDH1 Germline Mutation: A Multidisciplinary Clinical Review.
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    • Population-based targeted sequencing of 54 candidate genes identifies PALB2 as a susceptibility gene for high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
    • Song H, Dicks EM, Tyrer J, Intermaggio M, Chenevix-Trench G, Bowtell DD, Traficante N, Group A, Brenton J, Goranova T, Hosking K, Piskorz A, van Oudenhove E, Doherty J, Harris HR, Rossing MA, Duerst M, Dork T, Bogdanova NV, Modugno F, Moysich K, Odunsi K, Ness R, Karlan BY, Lester J, Jensen A, Krüger Kjaer S, Høgdall E, Campbell IG, Lázaro C, Pujara MA, Cunningham J, Vierkant R, Winham SJ, Hildebrandt M, Huff C, Li D, Wu X, Yu Y, Permuth JB, Levine DA, Schildkraut JM, Riggan MJ, Berchuck A, Webb PM, Group OS, Cybulski C, Gronwald J, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Alsop J, Harrington P, Chan I, Menon U, Pearce CL, Wu AH, de Fazio A, Kennedy CJ, Goode E, Ramus S, Gayther S, Pharoah P.
    • J Med Genet. 2020 Jun 16:jmedgenet-2019-106739. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106739. Epub ahead of print.
    • Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk.
    • Liu J, Prager-van der Smissen WJC, Collée JM, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Ahearn TU, Aittomäki K, Ambrosone CB, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arndt V, Arnold N, Aronson KJ, Augustinsson A, Auvinen P, Becher H, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Bernstein L, Bogdanova NV, Bogdanova-Markov N, Bojesen SE, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Brucker SY, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Cai Q, Cai H, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Choi JY, Christiaens M, Clarke CL; NBCS Collaborators, Couch FJ, Czene K, Daly MB, Devilee P, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Eliassen AH, Fasching PA, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur SM, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz JA, Gaudet MM, Giles GG, Goldberg MS, Goldgar DE, Guénel P, Haiman CA, Håkansson N, Hall P, Harrington PA, Hart SN, Hartman M, Hillemanns P, Hopper JL, Hou MF, Hunter DJ, Huo D; ABCTB Investigators, Ito H, Iwasaki M, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, John EM, Kaaks R, Kang D, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kim SW, Kraft P, Kristensen VN, Kurian AW, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lophatananon A, Luben RN, Lubinski J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Mariapun S, Matsuo K, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, Meindl A, Menon U, Milne RL, Muir K, Mulligan AM, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Offit K, Olopade OI, Olson JE, Olsson H, Orr N, Park SK, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Rack B, Rau-Murthy R, Rennert G, Rennert HS, Rhenius V, Romero A, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Schmutzler RK, Schneeweiss A, Scott C, Shah M, Shen CY, Shu XO, Simard J, Sohn C, Southey MC, Spinelli JJ, Tamimi RM, Tapper WJ, Teo SH, Terry MB, Torres D, Truong T, Untch M, Vachon CM, van Asperen CJ, Wolk A, Yamaji T, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Ziv E, Torres-Mejía G, Dörk T, Swerdlow AJ, Hamann U, Schmidt MK, Dunning AM, Pharoah PDP, Easton DF, Hooning MJ, Martens JWM, Hollestelle A.
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    • Prevalence of disease-causing genes in Japanese patients with BRCA1/2-wildtype hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
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    • Validation of a next generation sequencing assay for BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2 and PALB2 genetic testing.
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    • Development and Validation of a Clinical Polygenic Risk Score to Predict Breast Cancer Risk.
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    • Germline Genetic Mutations in a Multi-center Contemporary Cohort of 550 Phyllodes Tumors: An Opportunity for Expanded Multi-gene Panel Testing.
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    • Frequency of heterozygous germline pathogenic variants in genes for Fanconi anemia in patients with non-BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer: a meta-analysis.
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    • Evaluating the Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores in Identifying High-Risk Individuals for Eight Common Cancers.
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    • Lynch Syndrome Germline Mutations in Breast Cancer: Next Generation Sequencing Case-Control Study of 1,263 Participants.
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    • Genetic Testing and Screening Recommendations for Patients with Hereditary Breast Cancer.
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    • Review

    Commentary:

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

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    • Germline Mutation in MUS81 Resulting in Impaired Protein Stability is Associated with Familial Breast and Thyroid Cancer.
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    Research news: Breast Cancer Susceptibility GWAS Highlights Dozens New Loci, Some Subtype-Specific. (GenomeWeb)

    Research news: Analysis of 100 Studies Reveals 32 New Sites of Genetic Variation Linked to Breast Cancer. (Clinical OMICS)

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    Original research:

    Germline mutations of multiple breast cancer-related genes are differentially associated with triple-negative breast cancers and prognostic factors.

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    Commentary:

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

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    Press: Inherited Mutations in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients Suggest Genetic Testing Is Warranted. (GenomeWeb)

    Press Release: Older women with breast cancer may benefit from genetic testing. (Stanford Medicine)

    Press: Genetic testing may benefit some postmenopausal women with breast cancer. (Healio)

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    Research news: Study: Cancer risks of people with inherited PALB2 mutations (FORCE. XRAY.)

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    Introductory article:

    From Genetic Testing to Treatment and Prevention of BRCA-Related Breast Cancer.

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    Letter, Comment:

    RE: Mismatch repair protein loss in breast cancer: clinicopathological associations in a large British Columbia cohort.

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