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A systematic review and meta-analysis of germline BRCA mutations in pancreatic cancer patients identifies global and racial disparities in access to genetic testing.
ESMO open - 1 Apr 2023
Paiella S, Azzolina D, Gregori D, Malleo G, Golan T, Simeone D M, Davis M B, Vacca P G, Crovetto A, Bassi C, Salvia R, Biankin A V, Casolino R
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BACKGROUND: Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations (gBRCAm) can inform pancreatic cancer (PC) risk and treatment but most of the available information is derived from white patients. The ethnic and geographic variability of gBRCAm prevalence and of germline BRCA (gBRCA) testing uptake in PC globally is largely unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out a systematic review and prevalence meta-analysis of gBRCA...
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