2020
Estimation of the carrier frequency of fumarate hydratase alterations and implications for kidney cancer risk in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cancer
Shuch B, Li S, Risch H, Bindra RS, McGillivray PD, Gerstein M. Estimation of the carrier frequency of fumarate hydratase alterations and implications for kidney cancer risk in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cancer. Cancer 2020, 126: 3657-3666. PMID: 32413184, PMCID: PMC10316675, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFumarate hydrataseExome Aggregation ConsortiumAllele frequenciesFH geneGenome ProjectDifferent world populationsFH alterationsHereditary leiomyomatosisKidney cancer riskCancer penetranceMissense alterationsGenesOverall allele frequencyRare variantsLow penetranceRenal cancerExACKidney cancerCancer riskPenetranceGermline mutationsLethal formWorld populationCancer syndromesAlterations
2011
Clinical impact of unclassified variants of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes
Akbari MR, Zhang S, Fan I, Royer R, Li S, Risch H, McLaughlin J, Rosen B, Sun P, Narod SA. Clinical impact of unclassified variants of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Journal Of Medical Genetics 2011, 48: 783. PMID: 21965345, DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree relativesFemale first-degree relativesRelatives of patientsOvarian cancerCumulative riskPathogenic mutationsUnclassified variantsRisk of cancerHistorical cohortBRCA2 mutationsClinical impactHigh riskBRCA2 genesCancerUnknown significancePatientsMissense variantsFunctional effectsWomenRiskBRCA1PenetranceMutationsRelativesCohort