High incidence of germline BRCA mutation in patients with ER low-positive/PR low-positive/HER-2 neu negative tumors.
Cancer
; 121(19): 3422-7, 2015 Oct 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The 2015 National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend that genetic counseling and germline BRCA mutation testing be offered to women under age 60 with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). As a result of the 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines for breast cancer, patients with breast cancers that are estrogen receptor (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) low-positive (1%-9% on immunohistochemistry) are no longer strictly considered to have TNBC and may not be referred for genetic counseling. However, the incidence of BRCA mutation in patients with hormone receptor (HR) low-positive breast cancers remains unknown, and current ASCO/CAP guidelines may result in undertesting for BRCA mutations.METHODS:
A prospectively maintained research database of breast cancer patients evaluated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between 2004 and 2014 was reviewed; 314 patients were identified with HER2/neu-negative breast cancers expressing ER and PR <10% with known BRCA mutation status.RESULTS:
Three hundred fourteen patients had breast cancers expressing ER and PR <10%; 238 (75.8%) had HR-negative cancers (<1% ER and PR), and 76 (24.2%) had HR-low-positive cancers (1%-9% ER and/or PR). Among patients with HR-negative tumors, 86 of 238 (36.1%) had a BRCA1/2 mutation, whereas in the HR-low-positive group, 30 of 76 (39.5%) had a BRCA1/2 mutation. In multivariate analysis, HR status (<1% vs 1%-9%) was not significantly associated with BRCA1/2 mutations.CONCLUSIONS:
The incidence of BRCA1/2 mutations is similar in patients with HR-low-positive breast cancer and patients with HR-negative breast cancer. Genetic counseling and BRCA testing should be offered to patients under age 60 who have HR-low-positive breast cancers. Cancer 2015;1213435-43. © 2015 American Cancer Society.Palavras-chave
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Receptor ErbB-2
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article