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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2025

Somatic and germline aberrations in homologous recombination repair genes among Chinese high-risk breast cancer patients by multi-gene next-generation sequencing.

Ling Xie, Jie Chen, YanYing Zheng, Yi Sun, Xiang Zhang, LeLe Chu, YiFen Zhang

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Ling XieDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1938-8425
Jie ChenDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
YanYing ZhengDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yi SunDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Xiang ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
LeLe ChuDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
YiFen ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China. yifen2001@126.com.

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Research Foundation of Jiangsu provincial commission of health and family planning M2021016Research Foundation of Jiangsu provincial commission of health and family planning ZD2022067Special project for academic improvement of department heads of Jiangsu Province Hospital of CM Y2021ZR24
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introductionRecently, genes involved in homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway have been extensively studied. However, the landscapes of HRR gene mutations remain poorly defined in Chinese high-risk breast cancer (BC) patients. Our study aims to identify the status of germline and somatic HRR gene mutations and their association with clinicopathological features in these patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 100 high-risk BC patients from our institution who underwent paired peripheral blood germline and BC tissues somatic 26 genes next-generation sequencing (NGS) from January 2018 to July 2023 were enrolled for retrospective analysis.

resultsOut of 100 high-risk BC patients, 55 (55%) had at least one germline or somatic mutation in HRR genes. Among them, 22% carried germline pathogenic variants (19 BRCA1/2 and 3 non-BRCA genes), 9% harbored somatic pathogenic mutations (3 BRCA1/2 and 6 non-BRCA genes). Among high-risk factors, family history and early onset BC showed a correlation with HRR gene mutations (p < 0.05). BRCA1 germline and HRR gene somatic mutations showed a correlation with TNBC, but BRCA2 germline mutations were associated with Luminal B/HER2-negative BC (p < 0.05). Patients with HRR gene somatic pathogenic variant more likely had a lympho-vascular invasion and distant metastasis (p < 0.05).

conclusionThe prevalence of HRR gene germline and somatic mutations were higher in Chinese BC patients with high risk factors. We strongly recommend that these high-risk BC patients receive comprehensive gene mutation testing, especially HRR genes, which are not only related to genetic consultation for BC patients and provide a theoretical basis for necessary prevention and individualized treatment.

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Breast NeoplasmsGerm-Line MutationRecombinational DNA RepairAdultAgedBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinChinaEast Asian PeopleFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMiddle AgedMutationRetrospective StudiesBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanBRCABreast cancerHomologous recombination repairPARP

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