Characterizing germline APC and MUTYH variants in Ashkenazi Jews compared to other individuals.

abstract：:A diagnosis of clear cell chondrosarcoma of the ulna was made in a patient with Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL). After surgery, genetic analysis of the tumor tissue showed loss of heterozygosity at the VHL gene locus. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed loss of expression of the VHL protein in the tumor cells. In a...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Dreijerink KMA,van Leeuwaarde RS,Hackeng WM,Giles RH,de Leng WWJ,Jutte PC,Suurmeijer AJH,van Nesselrooij BPM,Brosens LAA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lynch Syndrome is caused by mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes. Diagnosis is not always trivial and may be costly. Information regarding incidence, genotype-phenotype correlation, spectrum of mutations and genes involved in specific populations facilitate the diagnostic process and contribute to clinical work-up. ...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Goldberg Y,Kedar I,Kariiv R,Halpern N,Plesser M,Hubert A,Kaduri L,Sagi M,Lerer I,Abeliovich D,Hamburger T,Nissan A,Goldshmidt H,Solar I,Geva R,Strul H,Rosner G,Baris H,Levi Z,Peretz T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is one of the most common forms of hereditary colorectal cancer. It is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes. In this study, we screened hMLH1 gene in a group of Iranian HNPCC patients using polymerase chain reac...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Shahmoradi S,Bidmeshkipour A,Salamian A,Emami MH,Kazemi Z,Salehi M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline CDH1 mutation carriers are at risk for early-onset diffuse gastric cancer (DGC) and female carriers have an additional risk of lobular breast cancer. The reported literature GC risk of 70% has led to the recommendation for germline mutation carriers to undergo prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). The objecti...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Kaurah P,Talhouk A,MacMillan A,Lewis I,Chelcun-Schreiber K,Yoon SS,Huntsman D

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsatellite instability, a well-established driver pathway in colorectal carcinogenesis, can develop in both sporadic and hereditary conditions via different molecular alterations in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. MMR protein immunohistochemistry (IHC) is currently widely used for the detection of MMR deficie...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Wang T,Stadler ZK,Zhang L,Weiser MR,Basturk O,Hechtman JF,Vakiani E,Saltz LB,Klimstra DS,Shia J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The base excision repair protein, MUTYH, functionally interacts with the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system. As genetic testing moves from testing one gene at a time, to gene panel and whole exome next generation sequencing approaches, understandin g the risk associated with co-existence of germline mutations in these g...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Win AK,Reece JC,Buchanan DD,Clendenning M,Young JP,Cleary SP,Kim H,Cotterchio M,Dowty JG,MacInnis RJ,Tucker KM,Winship IM,Macrae FA,Burnett T,Le Marchand L,Casey G,Haile RW,Newcomb PA,Thibodeau SN,Lindor NM,Hopper

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lynch syndrome is the most frequent hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome, affecting approximately 1 in 300 in the Western population. It is caused by pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes including MLH1, MSH2 (EPCAM), MSH6 and PMS2, and is associated with high risks of CRC, endometrial cancer a...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Vasen HFA

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to analyze whether the occurrence of both breast and ovarian cancer in a woman serves as a marker for BRCA gene mutations. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This population-based study included 256 women in western Sweden who developed both invasive breast and ovarian tumors between 1958 and 1999. Archival par...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Einbeigi Z,Bergman A,Meis-Kindblom JM,Flodin A,Bjursell C,Martinsson T,Kindblom LG,Wahlström J,Wallgren A,Nordling M,Karlsson P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somerset has a relatively high incidence of cancer. The county is very rural with pockets of deprivation and sizeable areas of poor access to services. The Cancer Plan advocates early identification of cancer and identified the genetic revolution as having the potential to predict risk, and detect and diagnose cancer ...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Tozer D,Lugton C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 cause hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Molecular screening of these two genes in patients with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer has revealed pathogenic variants as well as genetic variants of unknown significance (VUS). These VUS may cause a challenge in the genet...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Jarhelle E,Riise Stensland HM,Mæhle L,Van Ghelue M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths among American women. While women in both the Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi populations have an estimated 1.7% lifetime risk of acquiring malignancy, the proportion of hereditary ovarian cancer is much higher in the Ashkenazim. Most of this increased proportion...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Robles-Díaz L,Goldfrank DJ,Kauff ND,Robson M,Offit K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through germline multigene panel testing, we discovered the co-occurrence of Lynch syndrome due to a PMS2 mutation and juvenile polyposis syndrome due to a BMPR1A mutation in a young man with synchronous bladder and colorectal cancers and a family history of colorectal polyps. To our knowledge, this is the first repor...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Silva-Smith R,Sussman DA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased insight into the information needs of people about cancer genetic predisposition could allow materials to be developed to improve decision-making for those at high risk, whilst those at lower risk could have their anxiety reduced without the need for referral to genetics services. This study aimed to identif...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Metcalfe A,Werrett J,Burgess L,Chapman C,Clifford C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) can be improved by early detection of the disease as treatment outcome worsens with disease's progression. This can be achieved with a mass screening program using Epstein Barr virus (EBV) serology and nasopharyngoscopy. The efficacy of any screening strategy should be evalu...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Choi CW,Lee MC,Ng WT,Law LY,Yau TK,Lee AW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited colorectal cancer predisposition involves a rather heterogeneous range of rare, yet relatively well-defined disorders, including Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) or Lynch syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Juvenile Polyposis, and their respective variant...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Lynch PM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are clonal, hematological malignancies that include polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis. While most cases of MPN are sporadic in nature, a familial pattern of inheritance is well recognised. The phenotype and status of the commonly acquired JAK2...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Langabeer SE,Haslam K,Linders J,Percy MJ,Conneally E,Hayat A,Hennessy B,Leahy M,Murphy K,Murray M,Ni Ainle F,Thornton P,Sargent J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge about interest in genetic testing and willingness-to-pay for a genetic test among men affected from prostate cancer (PCa) is limited. This study aimed to gain insight into men's attitudes in genetic testing for PCa. 4699 men with PCa from the German multicenter prospective database "Familial Prostate Cancer"...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Mayer M,Selig K,Tüttelmann F,Dinkel A,Gschwend JE,Herkommer K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is a rare cancer-predisposing syndrome that is autosomal dominantly inherited and characterized by the development of sebaceous skin lesions (adenomas, epitheliomas, basaliomas and carcinomas). These lesions are typically associated with tumors that belong to the spectrum of hereditary nonpol...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Vernez M,Hutter P,Monnerat C,Halkic N,Gugerli O,Bouzourene H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-degree relatives of women with breast cancer may experience increased worry or perceived risk when faced with reminders of their own cancer risk. Worry and risk reminders may include physical symptoms (e.g., persistent breast pain) and caregiving experiences. Women who engage in pain catastrophizing may be parti...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Whitney CA,Dorfman CS,Shelby RA,Keefe FJ,Gandhi V,Somers TJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, no prediction models for Lynch syndrome (LS) had been validated for PMS2 mutation carriers. We aimed to evaluate MMRpredict and PREMM5 in a clinical cohort and for PMS2 mutation carriers specifically. In a retrospective, clinic-based cohort we calculated predictions for LS according to MMRpredict and P...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Goverde A,Spaander MCW,Nieboer D,van den Ouweland AMW,Dinjens WNM,Dubbink HJ,Tops CJ,Ten Broeke SW,Bruno MJ,Hofstra RMW,Steyerberg EW,Wagner A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a dominantly inherited cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of neoplasms occurring at young age. Germline mutations in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene have been identified in approximately 71 of LFS patients and 22 of Li-Fraumeni-like (LFL) patients. Mutations wi...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Siddiqui R,Onel K,Facio F,Nafa K,Diaz LR,Kauff N,Huang H,Robson M,Ellis N,Offit K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma is the most frequent malignant brain tumor in childhood. This highly malignant neoplasm occurs usually before 10 years of age and more frequently in boys. The 5-year event-free survival rate for high-risk medulloblastoma is low at 62% despite a multimodal therapy including surgical resection, radiation...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Chiu C,Loth S,Kuhlen M,Ginzel S,Schaper J,Rosenbaum T,Pietsch T,Borkhardt A,Hoell JI

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a multi-organ cancer syndrome associated with heritable mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes, particularly MLH1 (MutL Homologue 1) and MSH2 (MutS Homologue 2). We took advantage of the unique characteristics of the Finnish HNPCC families to assess genotype- phenot...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Peltomäki P,Gao X,Mecklin JP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prospective collection of epidemiological, psychosocial and outcome data in large breast cancer family cohorts should provide less biased data than retrospective studies regarding penetrance of breast cancer and modifiers of genetic risk. METHODS:The Kathleen Cuningham Foundation for Research into Breast ...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Phillips KA,Butow PN,Stewart AE,Chang JH,Weideman PC,Price MA,McLachlan SA,Lindeman GJ,McKay MJ,Friedlander ML,Hopper JL,kConFab Investigators.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo proteins play an important role in the apoptosis of cells, especially in tumor cells. The present study was conducted to evaluate whether the TATC (rs71682980) and CAA (rs34917480) insertion/deletion polymorphisms of RTN4 3'-UTR are associated with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). These two polymorphisms ...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Pu Y,Chen P,Zhou B,Zhang P,Wang Y,Song Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals who carry pathogenic mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes have high risks of cancer, and small studies have suggested that these risks depend on the sex of the parent from whom the mutation was inherited. We have conducted the first large study of such a parent-of-origin effect (POE). Our study was...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Gemechu SD,van Vliet CM,Win AK,Figueiredo JC,Le Marchand L,Gallinger S,Newcomb PA,Hopper JL,Lindor NM,Jenkins MA,Dowty JG

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CAPP1 tested aspirin 600 mg/day and/or resistant starch 30 g/day in 200 adolescent FAP carriers. Aspirin treatment resulted in a non-significant reduction in polyp number and a significant reduction in polyp size among patients treated with aspirin for more than 1 year. CAPP2 RCT used the same interventions in 937 Lyn...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Burn J,Mathers JC,Bishop DT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoid tumors occur with high frequency in individuals with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). Because of this, individuals developing desmoid tumors may be referred for genetic risk assessment. Determining whether a person has a FAP-related desmoid tumor or a sporadic desmoid can be challenging. We sought to char...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Fallen T,Wilson M,Morlan B,Lindor NM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is based upon a literature overview of cancer in Jews. It involves a comparison of variation in incidence and prevalence rates between Jews and non-Jews. However, the reader must exercise a certain amount of skepticism when considering secular changes in cancer incidence and prevalence and the public heal...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： Lynch HT,Rubinstein WS,Locker GY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive genomic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) helps patients, family members, and providers make informed choices about cancer screening, surgical and chemotherapeutic risk reduction, and genetically targeted cancer therapies. The increasing availability of multigene panel tests for clinical applications allows ...

journal_title：Familial cancer

authors： West AH,Blazer KR,Stoll J,Jones M,Weipert CM,Nielsen SM,Kupfer SS,Weitzel JN,Olopade OI

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00