Association of polymorphisms with a family history of cancer and the presence of germline mutations in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes

Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Gabriela C FernandesEdenir I Palmero

Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is an important public health problem worldwide. In Brazil, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed tumor and the leading cause of cancer death in women. Hereditary cancer represents approximately 5 to 10 % of BC cases. Even outside the hereditary cancer context, the presence of polymorphisms acting as genetic modifiers may contribute to a better or worse prognosis. Not much is known about the hereditary BC epidemiology in Brazil or about the influence of polymorphisms on hereditary predisposition. This study examined the role of five different polymorphisms in four groups of women with BC: Group 1: women with a germline mutation in the BRCA1/2 genes; Group 2: women with variants of uncertain significance in BRCA1/2 and Group 3: women with no mutations in BRCA1/2. The women included in groups 1, 2 and 3 were patients from the Department of Oncogenetics of the Barretos Cancer Hospital who had undergone genetic testing because of a clinical suspicion of hereditary predisposition syndrome. The constitutive DNA was analyzed for the presence of polymorphisms at rs2981582 (FGFR2 gene); rs3803662 (TNRC9); rs889312 (MAP3K1); rs3817198 (LSP1 gene); and rs13281615 (8q24). The analyses were performed using PCR am...Continue Reading

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