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Germline mutational landscape in a large cohort of Indian breast cancer.
BMC cancer - 1 Dec 2025
Peter John, Jolly Bani, Raha Rajdeep, Jothi Jayalakshmi, Chakraborty Avrajit, Raman Swaminathan Ganapathi, Radhakrishnan Selvi, Sivasubbu Sridhar, Scaria Vinod, Mahalingam Sundarasamy
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Breast cancer has emerged as the leading malignancy among Indian women, with a notable subset of cases linked to inherited genetic predisposition. Germline testing is a vital tool for identifying individuals at elevated risk, guiding targeted therapies such as PARP inhibitors, and informing preventive strategies through family-based screening. However, population-specific data from India remain limited, and most...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- BRCA1 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cohort Studies
- Exome Sequencing
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
