Revised guidelines for the clinical management of Lynch syndrome (HNPCC): recommendations by a group of European experts

HFA Vasen, I Blanco, K Aktan-Collan, JP Gopie… - Gut, 2013 - gut.bmj.com
Lynch syndrome (LS) is characterised by the development of colorectal cancer, endometrial
cancer and various other cancers, and is caused by a mutation in one of the mismatch repair …

Sequence variant classification and reporting: recommendations for improving the interpretation of cancer susceptibility genetic test results

SE Plon, DM Eccles, D Easton, WD Foulkes… - Human …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic testing of cancer susceptibility genes is now widely applied in clinical practice to
predict risk of developing cancer. In general, sequence‐based testing of germline DNA is …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of preventive and predictive BRCA testing in patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancer: a position paper of Italian Scientific …

A Russo, L Incorvaia, E Capoluongo, P Tagliaferri… - ESMO open, 2022 - Elsevier
Constitutional BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (PVs) are associated
with an increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancers. Current evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for the implementation of BRCA testing in ovarian cancer patients and their relatives

S Gori, M Barberis, MA Bella, F Buttitta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current availability of new Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP)-inhibitors for the
treatment of ovarian cancer patients independently of the presence of a BRCA pathogenic …

Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer

TR Rebbeck, N Mitra, F Wan, OM Sinilnikova, S Healey… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Limited information about the relationship between specific mutations
inBRCA1orBRCA2 (BRCA1/2) and cancer risk exists. Objective To identify mutation-specific …

Cancer risk and survival in path_MMR carriers by gene and gender up to 75 years of age: a report from the Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database

P Møller, TT Seppälä, I Bernstein, E Holinski-Feder… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Background Most patients with path_MMR gene variants (Lynch syndrome (LS)) now
survive both their first and subsequent cancers, resulting in a growing number of older …

Cancer risk in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to MSH6 mutations: impact on counseling and surveillance

YMC Hendriks, A Wagner, H Morreau, F Menko… - Gastroenterology, 2004 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) is caused by a
mutated mismatch repair (MMR) gene. The aim of our study was to determine the cumulative …

Application of a 5-tiered scheme for standardized classification of 2,360 unique mismatch repair gene variants in the InSiGHT locus-specific database

BA Thompson, AB Spurdle, JP Plazzer, MS Greenblatt… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The clinical classification of hereditary sequence variants identified in disease-related genes
directly affects clinical management of patients and their relatives. The International Society …

[HTML][HTML] Intersociety policy statement on the use of whole-exome sequencing in the critically ill newborn infant

A Borghesi, MA Mencarelli, L Memo, GB Ferrero… - Italian journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The rapid advancement of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and the decrease
in costs for whole-exome sequencing (WES) and whole-genome sequening (WGS), has …

MED1, a novel human methyl-CpG-binding endonuclease, interacts with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH1

A Bellacosa, L Cicchillitti, F Schepis… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is a specialized system, highly conserved throughout
evolution, involved in the maintenance of genomic integrity. To identify novel human genes …