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ArticleScientific reports2020

Founder BRCA1/BRCA2/PALB2 pathogenic variants in French-Canadian breast cancer cases and controls.

Supriya Behl, Nancy Hamel, Manon de Ladurantaye, Stéphanie Lepage, Réjean Lapointe, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, William D Foulkes

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Supriya BehlDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Nancy HamelResearch Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Manon de LadurantayeCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Stéphanie LepageCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Réjean LapointeCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Anne-Marie Mes-MassonCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du cancer de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
William D FoulkesDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. william.foulkes@mcgill.ca.
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAMcGill University Health Centre · CAMcGill University · CAUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inherited germline pathogenic variants are responsible for ~5% of breast cancer globally. Through rapid expansion and isolation since immigration in the early 17

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Founder EffectGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdultAgedAge FactorsAge of OnsetBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsCanadaCase-Control StudiesFanconi Anemia Complementation Group N ProteinFemaleGenetic TestingGenotyping TechniquesBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanFanconi Anemia Complementation Group N ProteinPALB2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID32300229
PMCPMC7162921
OpenAlexW3016674835

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