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ReviewFamilial cancer2018

Mutations in context: implications of BRCA testing in diverse populations.

Gabriela E S Felix, Yonglan Zheng, Olufunmilayo I Olopade

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Review in Familial cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Genetic screening of FFPE breast cancer biopsies for theRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2025
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  17. Disparities in BRCA counseling across providers in a diverse population of young breast cancer survivors.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2020
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  19. Prevalence of Inherited Mutations in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes among Women in Uganda and Cameroon.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020
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  20. Inherited Breast Cancer in Nigerian Women.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriela E S FelixCenter for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Yonglan ZhengCenter for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Olufunmilayo I OlopadeCenter for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. folopade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9936-1599
University of Chicago · USUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BR

Funding

Developing an Oncology Workforce for the 21st Century - Renewal 01K12CA139160 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OLOPADE, OLUFUNMILAYO F., SMITH, SONALI · 2010 to 2024
$10.6M
Summer Program to Increase Heart, Lung, and Blood Biomedical ResearchR25HL096383 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHRISTOPHER O OLOPADE, William F Parker · 2009 to 2026
$2.1M
International Partnership for Interdisciplinary Research TrainingD43TW009112 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OLOPADE, CHRISTOPHER O, OLOPADE, OLUFUNMILAYO F. · 2012 to 2016
$1.1M
Familial Breast CancerR13CA132514 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OLOPADE, OLUFUNMILAYO F. · 2008 to 2009
$40k
Conference and Workshop on New Frontiers in diagnosis, screening and management of inherited cancer syndromesR13CA206594 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OLOPADE, OLUFUNMILAYO F. · 2016 to 2017
$20k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009112NCI NIH HHS K12 CA139160NCI NIH HHS R13 CA132514NCI NIH HHS R13 CA206594NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL096383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a common non-communicable disease worldwide, although it exhibits differential population trends in incidence and mortality rates. The differences relate to population structure, environmental risk factors as well as health system organization. This article discusses the potential impact of genetic testing on population health, focusing in particular on the mutational spectrum of breast cancer susceptibility genes in diverse populations. We identify the need for improved access to, and increased investment in, comprehensive cancer risk assessment and genetic testing as well as cancer control measures that take into account lifestyle, environmental, and social factors in understudied minority groups.

Indexed as

Genetic TestingBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetics, PopulationHumansMutationBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanBreast cancerDisparityGenetic testingPrecision medicine

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PMID28918466
PMCPMC5980658
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