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Family history, BRCA mutations and breast cancer in Vietnamese women

Family history, BRCA mutations and breast cancer in Vietnamese women Ginsburg OM, Dinh NV, To TV, Quang LH, Linh ND, Duong BTH, Royer R, Llacuachaqui M, Tulman A, Vichodez G, Li S, Love RR, Narod SA. Family history, BRCA mutations and breast cancer in Vietnamese women. The purpose of this report is to estimate the proportions of familial and hereditary breast cancers among unselected cases of breast cancer in Vietnam. Two hundred and ninety‐two unselected cases of incident breast cancer were recruited from the National Cancer Hospital, Hanoi, the largest cancer centre in Vietnam. Family histories were collected for 292 cases and a DNA sample was obtained for 259 cases. DNA samples were screened for mutations in the large exons of BRCA1 and BRCA2 using the protein truncation test and by allele‐specific testing for 17 founder mutations which have been reported in other Asian populations. Complete gene sequencing was performed on two cases of familial breast cancer. Seven of 292 cases reported a relative with breast cancer and one patient reported a relative with ovarian cancer. A pathogenic BRCA mutation was detected in 2 of 259 cases; one BRCA1 carrier was diagnosed at age 51 and one BRCA2 carrier was diagnosed at age 42. Neither case reported a relative with breast or ovarian cancer. A family history of breast cancer is very uncommon among Vietnamese breast cancer patients. The frequency of pathogenic BRCA mutations in Vietnamese breast cancer patients is among the lowest reported worldwide. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Genetics Wiley

Family history, BRCA mutations and breast cancer in Vietnamese women

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Wiley
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© 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S
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0009-9163
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1399-0004
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10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01545.x
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Ginsburg OM, Dinh NV, To TV, Quang LH, Linh ND, Duong BTH, Royer R, Llacuachaqui M, Tulman A, Vichodez G, Li S, Love RR, Narod SA. Family history, BRCA mutations and breast cancer in Vietnamese women. The purpose of this report is to estimate the proportions of familial and hereditary breast cancers among unselected cases of breast cancer in Vietnam. Two hundred and ninety‐two unselected cases of incident breast cancer were recruited from the National Cancer Hospital, Hanoi, the largest cancer centre in Vietnam. Family histories were collected for 292 cases and a DNA sample was obtained for 259 cases. DNA samples were screened for mutations in the large exons of BRCA1 and BRCA2 using the protein truncation test and by allele‐specific testing for 17 founder mutations which have been reported in other Asian populations. Complete gene sequencing was performed on two cases of familial breast cancer. Seven of 292 cases reported a relative with breast cancer and one patient reported a relative with ovarian cancer. A pathogenic BRCA mutation was detected in 2 of 259 cases; one BRCA1 carrier was diagnosed at age 51 and one BRCA2 carrier was diagnosed at age 42. Neither case reported a relative with breast or ovarian cancer. A family history of breast cancer is very uncommon among Vietnamese breast cancer patients. The frequency of pathogenic BRCA mutations in Vietnamese breast cancer patients is among the lowest reported worldwide.

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Clinical Genetics – Wiley

Published: Jul 1, 2011

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