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Exome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Rare Germline Susceptibility Variants in Early-Onset Breast Cancer Among Saudi Women.
International journal of molecular sciences - 11 Feb 2026
Bu Rong, Iqbal Kaleem, Parvathareddy Sandeep Kumar, Azam Saud, Qadri Zeeshan, Abdul Razzaq Eman A, Al-Dayel Fouad, Siraj Abdul K, Al-Kuraya Khawla S
Abstract excerpt
Early-onset breast cancer (EOBC) is disproportionately common in Saudi Arabia, where women present nearly a decade earlier than in Western countries, suggesting unique inherited susceptibility. While BRCA1/2 explain part of the hereditary risk, the contribution of rare coding variants in Arab EOBC remains unclear. Whole-exome sequencing was performed on germline DNA from 102 unrelated Saudi EOBC patients and 1395...
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