Article
Prevalence and clinical characterization of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Korean patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.
Cancer science - 1 Dec 2021
Paik E Sun, Heo Eun Jin, Choi Chel Hun, Kim Jae-Hoon, Kim Jae-Weon, Kim Yong-Man, Park Sang-Yoon, Lee Jeong-Won, Kim Jong-Won, Kim Byoung-Gie
Abstract excerpt
This study was performed to investigate the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and treatment response according to BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA) mutations in Korean patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Two-hundred and ninety-eight Korean women diagnosed with high-grade serous and/or endometrioid EOC from 2010 to 2015 were tested for germline and 86 specimens for somatic BRCA mutations, regardless of the...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- BRCA1 Protein
- BRCA2 Protein
- Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
- Female
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Mutation Rate
