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Genetic, clinical and pathological characteristics of BRCA-associated breast cancer (BC) in Hispanic patients in the United States (US) and Latin America (LatAm).

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1539Background: Hispanic women with BC present at a younger age, have a higher frequency of BRCA mutations and show a worse incidence-to-mortality ratio than non-Hispanic women. Information regarding the characteristics… Click to show full abstract

1539Background: Hispanic women with BC present at a younger age, have a higher frequency of BRCA mutations and show a worse incidence-to-mortality ratio than non-Hispanic women. Information regarding the characteristics of BRCA-associated BC in Hispanics is limited. Here, we assess differences in BRCA-associated BC between Hispanic patients in the US and in LatAm. Methods: Hispanic patients from the US and LatAm (Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Puerto Rico) with a history of BRCA-associated BC enrolled in the Clinical Cancer Genomics Community Research Network registry were included. We compared the genetic, demographic, clinical and pathologic characteristics between Hispanics from the US and LatAm using Fisher’s exact test and x2statistics. Results: Between 1997 and 2016, 3670 Hispanic patients with a history of BC from LatAm (n = 1341) and the US (n = 2329) were identified, of which 490 (13.3%) had a deleterious BRCA mutation. The frequency of BRCA mutations was similar in Hispanics from LatAm (13.8%, n = ...

Keywords: hispanic patients; genetic clinical; characteristics brca; cancer; brca associated

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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