Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, classification, prognostic markers, and current treatment strategies—an updated review

S Łukasiewicz, M Czeczelewski, A Forma, J Baj… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated
that 2.3 million new cases of BC are diagnosed globally each year. Based on mRNA gene …

Homologous recombination and human health: the roles of BRCA1, BRCA2, and associated proteins

R Prakash, Y Zhang, W Feng… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is a major pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand
breaks in mammalian cells, the defining step of which is homologous strand exchange …

A population-based study of genes previously implicated in breast cancer

C Hu, SN Hart, R Gnanaolivu, H Huang… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Population-based estimates of the risk of breast cancer associated with
germline pathogenic variants in cancer-predisposition genes are critically needed for risk …

Gene-panel sequencing and the prediction of breast-cancer risk

DF Easton, PDP Pharoah, AC Antoniou… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Gene-Panel Sequencing and the Prediction of Breast-Cancer Risk | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: new genes in confined pathways

FC Nielsen, T van Overeem Hansen… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic abnormalities in the DNA repair genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 predispose to hereditary
breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). However, only approximately 25% of cases of HBOC …

Hereditary breast cancer: the era of new susceptibility genes

P Apostolou, F Fostira - BioMed research international, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among females. 5%–10% of breast cancer
cases are hereditary and are caused by pathogenic mutations in the considered reference …

End-joining, translocations and cancer

SF Bunting, A Nussenzweig - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Fusion genes that are caused by chromosome translocations have been recognized for
several decades as drivers of deregulated cell growth in certain types of cancer. In recent …

Regulation of DNA cross-link repair by the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway

H Kim, AD D'Andrea - Genes & development, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The maintenance of genome stability is critical for survival, and its failure is often associated
with tumorigenesis. The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway is essential for the repair of DNA …

Identifying breast cancer susceptibility genes–a review of the genetic background in familial breast cancer

C Wendt, S Margolin - Acta Oncologica, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Heritage is the most important risk factor for breast cancer. About 15–20% of
breast cancer is familial, referring to affected women who have one or more first-or second …

Structure and function of the RAD51B–RAD51C–RAD51D–XRCC2 tumour suppressor

LA Greenhough, CC Liang, O Belan, S Kunzelmann… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Homologous recombination is a fundamental process of life. It is required for the protection
and restart of broken replication forks, the repair of chromosome breaks and the exchange of …