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ArticleOncotarget2023

Investigating the prevalence of pathogenic variants in Saudi Arabian patients with familial cancer using a multigene next generation sequencing panel.

Musa AlHarbi, Nahla Ali Mobark, Wael Abdel Rahman AlJabarat, Hadeel ElBardis, Ebtehal AlSolme, Abdullah Bany Hamdan, Ali H AlFakeeh, Fatimah AlMushawah, Fawz AlHarthi, Abdullah A AlSharm and 6 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Epidemiology and patterns of GI tract cancers in Saudi Arabia: benefit of prompt lifestyle changes.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Musa AlHarbiDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nahla Ali MobarkDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Wael Abdel Rahman AlJabaratDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hadeel ElBardisGenomics Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ebtehal AlSolmeGenomics Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Bany HamdanDepartment of Oncology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ali H AlFakeehDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah AlMushawahDepartment of Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fawz AlHarthiGenomics Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah A AlSharmDepartment of Oncology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Abdullah O BalbaidGenomics Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Naji AlJohaniDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alicia Y ZhouColor Health Inc., Burlingame, CA 94010, USA.
Heather A RobinsonHealth eResearch Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Saleh A AlqahtaniDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Malak AbedalthagafiGenomics Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Medical City · SAColor (United States) · USEmory University Hospital · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Family history is an important factor in determining hereditary cancer risk for many cancer types. The emergence of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has expedited the discovery of many hereditary cancer susceptibility genes and the development of rapid, affordable testing kits. Here, a 30-gene targeted NGS panel for hereditary cancer risk assessment was tested and validated in a Saudi Arabian population. A total of 310 subjects were screened, including 57 non-cancer patients, 110 index patients with cancer and 143 of the cancer patients' family members, 16 of which also had cancer. Of the 310 subjects, 119 (38.4%) were carriers of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (PVs) affecting one or more of the following genes:

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Colorectal NeoplasmsNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansPrevalenceSaudi Arabiacancercancer screeninggenetic counselinghereditary cancer syndromeNGS

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PMID37306523
PMCPMC10259259
OpenAlexW4380290946

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