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Determining the clinical value of germline genetic testing coupled with tumor mutation profiling.

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1577Background: Somatic mutation analysis by next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an expanding clinical assessment offered to cancer patients. Studies report that 4–12% of patients have a positive tumor mutation profiling (TMP)… Click to show full abstract

1577Background: Somatic mutation analysis by next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an expanding clinical assessment offered to cancer patients. Studies report that 4–12% of patients have a positive tumor mutation profiling (TMP) result in a known cancer predisposition gene also identified in their germline, which has potential implications for the patient’s acute treatment, ongoing surveillance, and the screening of family members. We report a series of patients with TMP coupled with germline genetic testing and include yield of pathogenic germline mutations, discordance between germline and TMP findings, and potential clinical impact. Methods: Our study used de-identified data from 182 consecutive patients who underwent TMP followed by germline testing with an NGS-based hereditary cancer gene panel. Results: 50/182 cases (27%) had one or more likely pathogenic or pathogenic (LP/P) germline variants, which is higher than previous reports. Among these 50, 28 (56%) met guidelines for germline testing by perso...

Keywords: mutation; genetic testing; tumor mutation; mutation profiling; germline; germline genetic

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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