title: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in central and southern Italian patients.
abstract: Protein truncation test (PTT) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) assay were used to scan the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in 136 unrelated Italian breast/ovarian cancer patients. In the sample tested, BRCA1 and BRCA2 equally contributed to site-specific breast cancer patients who reported one to two breast cancer-affected first-/ second-degree relative(s) or who were diagnosed before age 40 years in the absence of a family history of breast/ovarian cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations were mostly found in patients with disease diagnosis before and after age 50 years, respectively. Moreover, in cases with familial clustering of site-specific breast cancer, BRCA1 mostly accounted for tumours diagnosed before age 40 years and BRCA2 for tumours diagnosed after age 50 years. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation spectrum was consistent with a lack of significant founder effects in the sample of patients studied.
authors.affiliation: University Gabriele D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ottini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Noviello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lauro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lalle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fornarini
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Colantuoni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cortesi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carlini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guadagni
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Contegiacomo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mariani-Costantini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D024682:BRCA2 Protein; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D009857:Oncogenes; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D024682:BRCA2 Protein; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors