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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Molecular profiling of male breast cancer by multigene panel testing: Implications for precision oncology.

Virginia Valentini, Valentina Silvestri, Agostino Bucalo, Giulia Conti, Mina Karimi, Linda Di Francesco, Giulia Pomati, Silvia Mezi, Bruna Cerbelli, Maria Gemma Pignataro and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Oncotype DX® 21-gene recurrence score and clinical outcomes in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative male breast cancer: a scoping review.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  3. Hotspots and future trends of male breast cancer: a global perspective.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  11. Male Breast Cancer: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives.Technology in cancer research & treatment
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Virginia ValentiniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Valentina SilvestriDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Agostino BucaloDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giulia ContiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Mina KarimiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Linda Di FrancescoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giulia PomatiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Silvia MeziDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Bruna CerbelliDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Maria Gemma PignataroDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Arianna NicolussiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Anna CoppaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giulia D'AmatiDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe GianniniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Laura OttiniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Compared with breast cancer (BC) in women, BC in men is a rare disease with genetic and molecular peculiarities. Therapeutic approaches for male BC (MBC) are currently extrapolated from the clinical management of female BC, although the disease does not exactly overlap in males and females. Data on specific molecular biomarkers in MBC are lacking, cutting out male patients from more appropriate therapeutic strategies. Growing evidence indicates that Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) multigene panel testing can be used for the detection of predictive molecular biomarkers, including Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB) and Microsatellite Instability (MSI). Methods: In this study, NGS multigene gene panel sequencing, targeting 1.94 Mb of the genome at 523 cancer-relevant genes (TruSight Oncology 500, Illumina), was used to identify and characterize somatic variants, Copy Number Variations (CNVs), TMB and MSI, in 15 Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) male breast cancer samples. Results and discussion: A total of 40 pathogenic variants were detected in 24 genes. All MBC cases harbored at least one pathogenic variant.

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clinically actionable genetic variantscopy number variations (CNVs)male breast cancer (MBC)microsatellite instability (MSI)precision oncologytargeted gene panel sequencingtumor mutational burden (TMB)tumor profiling

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