ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology2026
Factors Affecting Quality Control (QC) Failure Rates in Somatic Breast Cancer (BRCA) Gene Testing in Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer: Experiences From an Australian Cancer Care Centre.
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- Factors Affecting Quality Control (QC) Failure Rates in Somatic Breast Cancer (BRCA) Gene Testing in Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer: Experiences From an Australian Cancer Care Centre.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and spectrum of homologous recombination repair mutations in patients with metastatic prostate cancer from India.The oncologist · 2026Article
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aimsCastrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a common malignancy with poor prognostic outcomes. Breast cancer (BRCA) genes 1 and 2 mutations occur in prostate cancers and confer poorer prognoses. Somatic BRCA testing can lead to inconclusive results, which can gatekeep patients from accessing targeted medications. We assessed the somatic BRCA testing results among our cohort of CRPC patients for factors contributing to quality control (QC) failures and inconclusive testing.
methodsWe performed a retrospective review of the records of all patients with CRPC attending our cancer care centers from 2020 to 2023. We identified the presence/absence of somatic BRCA testing results on their record. For those with returned results, we collected key information including biopsy characteristics, time from biopsy to BRCA result, and outcome of BRCA testing.
resultsA total of 147 patients with CRPC attended our service between January 2020 and 2023. A total of 54 patients (40%) had somatic BRCA testing performed on a tumor biopsy sample. A total of 35 somatic tests (65%) returned an actionable (positive or negative) result. The remaining 19 (35%) returned as inconclusive/QC failures. QC failures were significantly associated with a greater time from initial biopsy to somatic testing result (60 vs. 27 months, p = 0.033). The type of tissue biopsied, tumor percentage in biopsy sample, tissue sampling method, and sampling hospital did not contribute significantly to QC failure.
conclusionsA longer tissue retention interval from biopsy to somatic BRCA testing is associated with a greater risk of inconclusive test results. We recommend a repeat biopsy for BRCA testing in CRPC patients where archival tissue is older than 5 years.
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