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ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2021

Genetic testing results in Slovenian male breast cancer cohort indicate the BRCA2 7806-2A > G founder variant could be associated with higher male breast cancer risk.

Ksenija Strojnik, Mateja Krajc, Vita Setrajcic Dragos, Vida Stegel, Srdjan Novakovic, Ana Blatnik

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Ksenija StrojnikInstitute of Oncology, Cancer Genetics Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mateja KrajcInstitute of Oncology, Cancer Genetics Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vita Setrajcic DragosDepartment of Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vida StegelDepartment of Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Srdjan NovakovicDepartment of Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ana BlatnikInstitute of Oncology, Cancer Genetics Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ablatnik@onko-i.si.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-9380
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

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purposeTo analyze the prevalence of pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (P/LPVs) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the largest cohort of Slovenian male breast cancer (MBC) patients to date and to explore a possible correlation between the Slovenian founder variant BRCA2:c.7806-2A > G and predisposition to MBC.

methodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of 81 MBC cases who underwent genetic counseling and/or testing between January 1999 and May 2020. To explore a possible genotype-phenotype correlation, we performed additional analyses of 203 unrelated families with P/LPVs in BRCA2 and 177 cases of female breast cancer (FBC) in carriers of P/LPVs in BRCA2.

resultsDetection rate of P/LPVs in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes was 24.7% (20/81) with 95% of them in BRCA2 gene. The only two recurrent P/LPVs were BRCA2:c.7806-2A > G and BRCA2:c.3975_3978dupTGCT (9 and 5 MBC cases, respectively). In families with BRCA2:c.7806-2A > G, the incidence of MBC cases was higher compared to families with other P/LPVs in BRCA2; however, the difference did not reach statistical significance (17.8% vs. 8.9%, p = 0.105). BRCA2:c.7806-2A > G was detected in both families with multiple cases of MBC. This splice-site variant represented a significantly higher proportion of all BRCA2 P/LPVs detected in MBC carriers compared to FBC carriers (47.4% vs. 26%, p = 0.049).

conclusionWe observed a high mutation detection rate and conclude this may be due to the prevalent BRCA2:c.7806-2A > G variant in Slovenia. Our results indicate a possible association between this variant and higher risk of breast cancer in males compared to other identified P/LPVs in BRCA2.

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Breast NeoplasmsBreast Neoplasms, MaleOvarian NeoplasmsBRCA2 ProteinFemaleGenes, BRCA2Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingHumansMaleMutationRetrospective StudiesSloveniaBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanBRCA1BRCA2Founder variantHereditary breast cancerMale breast cancer

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