Familial/inherited cancer syndrome: a focus on the highly consanguineous Arab population

FS AlHarthi, A Qari, A Edress… - NPJ genomic medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The study of hereditary cancer, which accounts for~ 10% of cancer cases worldwide is an
important subfield of oncology. Our understanding of hereditary cancers has greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Closing the gap: Systematic integration of multiplexed functional data resolves variants of uncertain significance in BRCA1, TP53, and PTEN

S Fayer, C Horton, JN Dines, AF Rubin… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Clinical interpretation of missense variants is challenging because the majority identified by
genetic testing are rare and their functional effects are unknown. Consequently, most …

Current review of TP53 pathogenic germline variants in breast cancer patients outside Li‐Fraumeni syndrome

C Fortuno, PA James, AB Spurdle - Human mutation, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic germline variants in TP53 predispose carriers to the multi‐cancer Li‐Fraumeni
syndrome (LFS). Widespread multigene panel testing is identifying TP53 pathogenic …

Benign SNPs in the Coding Region of TP53: Finding the Needles in a Haystack of Pathogenic Variants

T Soussi - Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
With the recent explosion in high-throughput genotyping technology, the amount and quality
of SNP data have increased exponentially, facilitating the discovery of multiple uncommon …

[HTML][HTML] TP53_PROF: a machine learning model to predict impact of missense mutations in TP53

G Ben-Cohen, F Doffe, M Devir, B Leroy… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Correctly identifying the true driver mutations in a patient's tumor is a major challenge in
precision oncology. Most efforts address frequent mutations, leaving medium-and low …

Genomic analysis of inherited breast cancer among Palestinian women: Genetic heterogeneity and a founder mutation in TP53

S Lolas Hamameh, P Renbaum… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer among Palestinian women has lower incidence than in Europe or North
America, yet is very frequently familial. We studied genetic causes of this familial clustering …

The diagnostic yield and implications of targeted founder pathogenic variant testing in an Israeli cohort

A Abu Shtaya, I Kedar, S Mattar, A Mahamid… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study examined the efficacy and diagnostic yield of founder variant
testing as an initial screening method for individuals with a personal or family history of …

TP53 missense allele predisposing to high risk of breast cancer but not pediatric cancers

S Lolas-Hamameh, S Lieberman… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Pathogenic TP53 germline variants cause young-onset breast cancer and other cancers of
the Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) spectrum, but the clinical consequences of partial-loss-of …

Molecular spectra and frequency patterns of somatic mutations in Arab women with breast cancer

HO Al-Shamsi, I Abu-Gheida, AS Abdulsamad… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The role of somatic mutations in breast cancer prognosis and management
continues to be recognized. However, data on the molecular profiles of Arab women are …

Clinical and genetic characteristics of carriers of the TP53 c. 541C> T, p. Arg181Cys pathogenic variant causing hereditary cancer in patients of Arab-Muslim descent

J Arnon, A Zick, M Maoz, N Salaymeh, A Gugenheim… - Familial Cancer, 2024 - Springer
TP53 pathogenic variants cause Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), with some variants causing
an attenuated phenotype. Herein, we describe the clinical phenotype and genetic …