Germline pathogenic variant prevalence among Latin American and US Hispanic individuals undergoing testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: a cross …

CA Ossa Gomez, MI Achatz, M Hurtado… - JCO Global …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To report on pathogenic germline variants detected among individuals
undergoing genetic testing for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC) from Latin …

Landscape of germline BRCA1/BRCA2 variants in breast and ovarian cancer in Peru

Y Ferreyra, G Rosas, AM Cock-Rada, J Araujo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background There is an increasing amount of data from Latin America on the
characterization of BRCA variants; however, there is limited information from Peru. We …

Access disparities and underutilization of germline genetic testing in Chilean breast cancer patients

F Acevedo, B Walbaum, M Camus, M Manzor… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Latin American reports on genetic cancer risk assessments are scarce. In
Chile, current breast cancer (BC) guidelines do not define strategies for germline genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Variants in BRCA1/2 in a hospital-based cohort in Chile and national literature review

FJ Martin, IM Saffie, MA Hurtado… - …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The aim was to assess the diagnostic yield of next generation sequencing (NGS)
multi-gene panels for breast and ovarian cancer in a high-complexity cancer centre in Chile …

Current landscape and future directions of synthetic biology in South America

ES Gomez-Hinostroza, N Gurdo… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a rapidly advancing multidisciplinary field in which South
American countries such as Chile, Argentina, and Brazil have made notable contributions …

Identification of Germline Variants in Patients with Hereditary Cancer Syndromes in Northeast Mexico

DC Pérez-Ibave, ML Garza-Rodríguez… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hereditary cancer syndromes (HCS) are genetic diseases with an increased risk of
developing cancer. This research describes the implementation of a cancer prevention …

Frequency of somatic and germline variants of predisposition genes in young Chinese women with breast cancer

Y Xu, Q Cai, J Li, W Guo, L Chen, M Chen, Y Lin… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2025 - Springer
Purpose Age stratification influences the clinicopathological features and survival outcomes
of breast cancer. We aimed to understand the effect of age on gene variants in young …

Contribution of large genomic rearrangements in BRCA1/2 genes and CHEK2 1100delC allele variant to the development of breast/ovarian cancer in Argentinian …

L Berlanga, V Lotersztein, EI Aranda… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Among women in Argentina, the most common cancer is breast cancer
(BC) with 21,631 new cases and 6436 deaths per year. The ovarian cancer (OC) is fifteenth …

Challenges in periodic revision of genetic testing results: comparison of the main classification guidelines and report of a retrospective analysis involving BRCA1 …

TF Andreis, KIW de Souza, IA Vieira, B Alemar… - Gene, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of cancer predisposition syndromes, it is widely known that the correct
interpretation of germline variants identified in multigene panel testing is essential for …

Successful pancreatic cancer screening among individuals at elevated risk using endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging: a community hospital …

JP Raff, B Cook, FN Jafri, N Boxer, J Maldonado… - Pancreas, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Guidelines for testing individuals at risk (IAR) for developing pancreatic duct
adenocarcinoma (PC) are being advanced from university hospital populations. We …