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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Among Asian countries, Pakistan has the highest rates of breast and ovarian cancer. To assess the contribution of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 germ line mutations to these high rates, we conducted the first study of 176 Pakistani breast and ovarian cancer patients, selected on family history and on age of diagnosis. Comprehensive BRCA mutation screening was performed using a range of techniques, including denaturing high-pressure liquid chromatography, single strand conformational polymorphism analysis and protein truncation test, followed by DNA sequencing. Thirty deleterious germ-line mutations were identified in the 176 families (17.0%), including 23 in BRCA1 and 7 in BRCA2. Four mutations, 185delAG, 185insA, S1503X and R1835X, were recurrent; these accounted for 52% of all identified BRCA1 mutations. Haplotype analyses suggested founder effects for 3 of these. The prevalence of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations was 42.8% for families with multiple cases of breast cancer, and was 50.0% for the breast/ovarian cancer families. The prevalence of mutations was 11.9% for single cases of early-onset breast cancer (< or =30 years) and was 9.0% for single cases of early-onset ovarian cancer (< or =45 years). Our findings show that BRCA mutations account for a substantial proportion of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer and early-onset breast and ovarian cancer cases in Pakistan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2832-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-BRCA1 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-BRCA2 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Breast Neoplasms, Male, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Founder Effect, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Genetic Testing, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Geography, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Pakistan, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:16998791-Prevalence
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Pakistani breast and ovarian cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't