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Impact of updated NCCN guidelines on clinical management and risk communication for CHEK2 p.I157T carriers in breast cancer.
Familial cancer - 22 Jul 2026
Kell Emma A, Mullane Michael P, Geurts Jennifer L, Ramczyk Brenda, Bachinski Tessa M
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In 2023, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) updated its guidelines for managing breast cancer risk in patients with a CHEK2 p.I157T variant, recommending de-escalation of enhanced screening based on this variant alone. This shift reflects evidence that some missense variants carry a lower cancer risk than CHEK2 loss-of-function variants. A reduced cancer risk is particularly well established for...
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