Gene panel testing of 5589 BRCA1/2-negative index patients with breast cancer in a routine diagnostic setting: results of the German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

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The prevalence of germ line mutations in non-BRCA1/2 genes associated with hereditary breast cancer (BC) is low, and the role of some of these genes in BC predisposition and pathogenesis is conflicting. In this study, 5589 consecutive BC index patients negative for pathogenic BRCA1/2 mutations and 2189 female controls were screened for germ line mutations in eight cancer predisposition genes (ATM, CDH1, CHEK2, NBN, PALB2, RAD51C, RAD51D, and TP53). All patients met the inclusion criteria of the German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer for germ line testing. The highest mutation prevalence was observed in the CHEK2 gene (2.5%), followed by ATM (1.5%) and PALB2 (1.2%). The mutation prevalence in each of the remaining genes was 0.3% or lower. Using Exome Aggregation Consortium control data, we confirm significant associations of heterozygous germ line mutations with BC for ATM (OR: 3.63, 95%CI: 2.67-4.94), CDH1 (OR: 17.04, 95%CI: 3.54-82), CHEK2 (OR: 2.93, 95%CI: 2.29-3.75), PALB2 (OR: 9.53, 95%CI: 6.25-14.51), and TP53 (OR: 7.30, 95%CI: 1.22-43.68). NBN germ line mutations were not significantly associated with BC risk (OR:1.39, 95%CI: 0.73-2.64). Due to their low mutation prevalence, the RAD51C and RAD51D genes require further investigation. Compared with control datasets, predicted damaging rare missense variants were significantly more prevalent in CHEK2 and TP53 in BC index patients. Compared with the overall sample, only TP53 mutation carriers show a significantly younger age at first BC diagnosis. We demonstrate a significant association of deleterious variants in the CHEK2, PALB2, and TP53 genes with bilateral BC. Both, ATM and CHEK2, were negatively associated with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and estrogen receptor (ER)-negative tumor phenotypes. A particularly high CHEK2 mutation prevalence (5.2%) was observed in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive tumors.

DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1376

Projects: GC-HBOC - German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Publication type: Journal article

Journal: Cancer medicine

Human Diseases: Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

Citation: Cancer Med 7(4):1349-1358

Date Published: 1st Apr 2018

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Authors: Jan Hauke, Judit Horvath, Eva Groß, Andrea Gehrig, Ellen Honisch, Karl Hackmann, Gunnar Schmidt, Norbert Arnold, Ulrike Faust, Christian Sutter, Julia Hentschel, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Mateja Smogavec, Bernhard H. F. Weber, Nana Weber-Lassalle, Konstantin Weber-Lassalle, Julika Borde, Corinna Ernst, Janine Altmüller, Alexander E. Volk, Holger Thiele, Verena Hübbel, Peter Nürnberg, Katharina Keupp, Beatrix Versmold, Esther Pohl, Christian Kubisch, Sabine Grill, Victoria Paul, Natalie Herold, Nadine Lichey, Kerstin Rhiem, Nina Ditsch, Christian Ruckert, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Bernd Auber, Andreas Rump, Dieter Niederacher, Thomas Haaf, Juliane Ramser, Bernd Dworniczak, Christoph Engel, Alfons Meindl, Rita K. Schmutzler, Eric Hahnen

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Hauke, J., Horvath, J., Groß, E., Gehrig, A., Honisch, E., Hackmann, K., Schmidt, G., Arnold, N., Faust, U., Sutter, C., Hentschel, J., Wang‐Gohrke, S., Smogavec, M., Weber, B. H. F., Weber‐Lassalle, N., Weber‐Lassalle, K., Borde, J., Ernst, C., Altmüller, J., … Hahnen, E. (2018). Gene panel testing of 5589 BRCA1/2‐negative index patients with breast cancer in a routine diagnostic setting: results of the German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. In Cancer Medicine (Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 1349–1358). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1376
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