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ArticleThe New England journal of medicine2015

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

Douglas F Easton, Paul D P Pharoah, Antonis C Antoniou, Marc Tischkowitz, Sean V Tavtigian, Katherine L Nathanson, Peter Devilee, Alfons Meindl, Fergus J Couch, Melissa Southey and 7 more

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Article in The New England journal of medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 485 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

485 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Douglas F EastonFrom the Departments of Public Health and Primary Care (D.F.E., P.D.P.P., A.C.A.), Oncology (D.F.E., P.D.P.P.), and Medical Genetics (M.T.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, the Centre for Genomic Medicine, Institute of Human Development, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester and St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester (D.G.R.E.), and the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London (N.R.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Departments of Oncological Sciences (S.V.T.) and Dermatology (D.E.G.), Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City; the Basser Research Center for BRCA and Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.L.N., S.M.D.); the Department of Human Genetics and Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (P.D.); the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany (A.M.); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (F.J.C.); the Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC (M.S.), and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD (G.C.-T.) - both in Australia; the Clinical Genetics Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (M.R.); and the Program in Cancer Genetics, Departments of Human Genetics and Oncology, the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal (W.D.F.).
Paul D P Pharoah
Antonis C Antoniou
Marc Tischkowitz
Sean V Tavtigian
Katherine L Nathanson
Peter Devilee
Alfons Meindl
Fergus J Couch
Melissa Southey
David E Goldgar
D Gareth R Evans
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Nazneen Rahman
Mark Robson
Susan M Domchek
William D Foulkes

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Risk and penetrance of mutations from breast cancer testing panels.R01CA192393 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI COUCH, FERGUS JOSEPH, NATHANSON, KATHERINE L. · 2014 to 2018
$6.3M
Identifying and validating novel susceptibility genes for breast cancerR01CA176785 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI COUCH, FERGUS JOSEPH, NATHANSON, KATHERINE L. · 2014 to 2018
$3.4M
BRCA2 missense mutations and breast cancerR01CA116167 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI COUCH, FERGUS JOSEPH · 2007 to 2011
$3.0M
BRCA1 and BRCA2 missense mutations and breast cancer riskU01CA116167 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI COUCH, FERGUS JOSEPH · 2013 to 2017
$2.7M
Cancer Research UK 10124Cancer Research UK 11174Cancer Research UK 15106Cancer Research UK 16561Cancer Research UK A11174Department of Health RP-PG-0707-10031NCI NIH HHS CA116167,NCI NIH HHS CA176785NCI NIH HHS CA192393NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116167NCI NIH HHS R01 CA176785NCI NIH HHS R01 CA192393NCI NIH HHS U01 CA116167
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGuidelines as TopicSequence Analysis, DNABreast NeoplasmsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.FemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2Genetic TestingGenotyping TechniquesHeterozygoteHumansRiskUnited States

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PMID26014596
PMCPMC4610139

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