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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.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2022
Garrett Alice, Talukdar Sabrina, Izatt Louise, Brady Angela F, Whyte Sinead, Josephs Katherine S, Shanmugasundaram Monisha, Guillemot Li Shan, Vakili Dara, Ey Shevaun, Ahmed Munaza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The most common cancer diagnosed in germline TP53 pathogenic variant (PV) carriers is premenopausal breast cancer. An increased rate of breast tumour HER2 positivity has been reported in this group. Screening for breast/other cancers is recommended in PV carriers. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the frequency of germline TP53 PVs reported diagnostically in women with breast cancer at <30 years of age.2. To...
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