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Analysis of BRCA1/2 variants of unknown significance in the prospective Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer study

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박성균
Alternative Author(s)
Park, Sung Gyun
Journal Title
Sci Rep
ISSN
2045-2322
Issued Date
2021
Abstract
Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 is crucial in diagnosing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes and has increased with the development of multigene panel tests. However, results classified as variants of uncertain significance (VUS) present challenges to clinicians in attempting to choose an appropriate management plans. We reviewed a total of 676 breast cancer patients included in the Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer (KOHBRA) study with a VUS on BRCA mutation tests between November 2007 and April 2013. These results were compared to the ClinVar database. We calculated the incidence and odds ratios for these variants using the Korean Reference Genome Database. A total of 58 and 91 distinct VUS in BRCA1 and BRCA2 were identified in the KOHBRA study (comprising 278 and 453 patients, respectively). A total of 27 variants in the KOHBRA study were not registered in the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism database. Among BRCA1 VUSs, 20 were reclassified as benign or likely benign, four were reclassified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic, and eight remained as VUSs according to the ClinVar database. Of the BRCA2 VUSs, 25 were reclassified as benign or likely benign, two were reclassified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic, and 33 remained as VUS according to the ClinVar database. There were 12 variants with conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity for BRCA1 and 18 for BRCA2. Among them, p.Leu1780Pro showed a particularly high odds ratio. Six pathogenic variants and one conflicting variant identified using ClinVar could be reclassified as pathogenic variants in this study. Using updated ClinVar information and calculating odds ratios can be helpful when reclassifying VUSs in BRCA1/2.
Department
Dept. of Laboratory Medicine (진단검사의학)
Publisher
School of Medicine (의과대학)
Citation
Joo Heung Kim et al. (2021). Analysis of BRCA1/2 variants of unknown significance in the prospective Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer study. Sci Rep, 11, 8485. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87792-w
Type
Article
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-87792-w
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/43718
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