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Exome Sequencing in a Family with Luminal-Type Breast Cancer Underpinned by Variation in the Methylation Pathway.
International journal of molecular sciences - 22 Feb 2017
van der Merwe Nicole, Peeters Armand V, Pienaar Fredrieka M, Bezuidenhout Juanita, van Rensburg Susan J, Kotze Maritha J
Abstract excerpt
Panel-based next generation sequencing (NGS) is currently preferred over whole exome sequencing (WES) for diagnosis of familial breast cancer, due to interpretation challenges caused by variants of uncertain clinical significance (VUS). There is also no consensus on the selection criteria for WES. In this study, a pathology-supported genetic testing (PSGT) approach was used to select two BRCA1/2 mutation-negative...
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