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[Pathogenic role of CHEK2 variants in Hungarian cancer patients: implications for breast cancer risk and genetic counselling].
Magyar onkologia - 21 Mar 2025
Nagy Petra, Papp János, Grolmusz Kornél Vince, Bozsik Anikó, Pócza Tímea, Patócs Attila, Butz Henriett
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Our study assessed the prevalence of CHEK2 gene variants, including low-penetrance variants (lp-CHEK2: p.I157T, p.S428F, p.T476M) and their association with clinicopathological parameters in cancer patients and controls. METHODS: Germline genetic analysis of 1,280 breast and ovarian cancer (BOC), 191 young breast (<33 years, yBr), 568 nonbreast (non-BOC) and 96 endocrine cancer patients was performed using...
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- Humans
- Checkpoint Kinase 2
- Female
- Breast Neoplasms
- Hungary
- Adult
- Genetic Counseling
