Genetic epidemiology of BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated cancer across Latin America

Abstract The prevalence and contribution of BRCA1/2 (BRCA) pathogenic variants (PVs) to the cancer burden in Latin America are not well understood. This study aims to address this disparity. BRCA analyses were performed on prospectively enrolled Latin American Clinical Cancer Genomics Community Rese...

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Main Authors: Josef S. Herzog, Yanin Chavarri-Guerra, Danielle Castillo, Julio Abugattas, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Sharon Sand, Jessica Clague-Dehart, Rosa M. Alvarez-Gómez, Talia Wegman-Ostrosky, Alejandro Mohar, Pamela Mora, Azucena Del Toro-Valero, Adrian Daneri-Navarro, Yenni Rodriguez, Marcia Cruz-Correa, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Bárbara Alemar, Rosa Mejia, Lenny Gallardo, Robin Shaw, Kai Yang, Aleck Cervantes, Kevin Tsang, Bita Nehoray, Hugo Barrera Saldana, Susan Neuhausen, Jeffrey N. Weitzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00317-6