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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Multigene Hereditary Cancer Panel Test Results for Women With Breast Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Oct 2021
Yadav Siddhartha, LaDuca Holly, Polley Eric C, Hu Chunling, Niguidula Nancy, Shimelis Hermela, Lilyquist Jenna, Na Jie, Lee Kun Y, Gutierrez Stephanie, Yussuf Amal, Hart Steven N, Davis Brigette Tippin, Chao Elizabeth C, Pesaran Tina, Goldgar David E, Dolinsky Jill S, Couch Fergus J
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the racial and ethnic differences in prevalence of germline pathogenic variants (PVs) and the effect of race and ethnicity on breast cancer (BC) risk among carriers, results of multigene testing of 77 900 women with BC (non-Hispanic White [NHW] = 57 003; Ashkenazi-Jewish = 4798; Black = 6722; Hispanic = 5194; and Asian = 4183) were analyzed, and the frequency of PVs in each gene were compared...
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