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Germline Pathogenic Variant Prevalence Among Latin American and US Hispanic Individuals Undergoing Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Carlos Andrés Ossa GomezMaria Isabel Waddington AchatzMabel HurtadoMaría Carolina Sanabria-SalasYasser SullcahuamanYanin Chávarri-GuerraJulie DutilSarah M NielsenEdward D EsplinScott T MichalskiRobert L NussbaumKathryn E HatchellRobert Luke NussbaumDaniel E Pineda-AlvarezPatricia Ashton-Prolla
Published in: JCO global oncology (2022)
This study highlights the importance of multigene panel testing in Latin American individuals with newly diagnosed or history of HBOC, who can benefit from medical management changes including targeted therapies, eligibility to clinical trials, risk-reducing surgeries, surveillance and prevention of secondary malignancy, and genetic counseling and subsequent cascade testing of at-risk relatives.
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