2021
Adopting Consensus Terms for Testing in Precision Medicine
Martin N, Tepper J, Giri V, Stinchcombe T, Cheng H, Javle M, Konnick E. Adopting Consensus Terms for Testing in Precision Medicine. JCO Precision Oncology 2021, 5: 1563-1567. PMID: 34651094, PMCID: PMC8509918, DOI: 10.1200/po.21.00027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic testingTreatment decisionsOncology health care providersHealth care providersPrecision medicineLow socioeconomic statusPreferred termPatient advocacy groupsGermline testingTumor characteristicsOncology carePatient preferencesBiomarker testingPatient educationCancer riskCare providersPatient confusionSolid tumorsBlood cancersGermline mutationsGermline variantsAppropriate testingPatientsSocioeconomic statusGenomic testing
2019
Prevalence of Suspected Hereditary Cancer Syndromes and Germline Mutations Among a Diverse Cohort of Probands Reporting a Family History of Prostate Cancer: Toward Informing Cascade Testing for Men
Chandrasekar T, Gross L, Gomella L, Hegarty S, Leong J, Giri V. Prevalence of Suspected Hereditary Cancer Syndromes and Germline Mutations Among a Diverse Cohort of Probands Reporting a Family History of Prostate Cancer: Toward Informing Cascade Testing for Men. European Urology Oncology 2019, 3: 291-297. PMID: 31278035, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2019.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary cancer syndromesProstate cancerCancer syndromesFamily historyGermline mutationsExact testHereditary breastGenetic testingAfrican AmericansPCa family historyAfrican American patientsOvarian cancer syndromeCascade genetic testingFisher's exact testHereditary prostate cancerBRCA mutationsLynch syndromeOvarian cancerSyndromeCancerCascade testingDiverse cohortAA participantsSpectrum of genesFHx
2016
HOXB13 and other high penetrant genes for prostate cancer
Pilie P, Giri V, Cooney K. HOXB13 and other high penetrant genes for prostate cancer. Asian Journal Of Andrology 2016, 18: 530-532. PMID: 27034017, PMCID: PMC4955175, DOI: 10.4103/1008-682x.175785.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHereditary cancer syndromesMismatch repair genesCancer syndromesGermline mutationsProstate cancerMultiple primary malignanciesOvarian cancer syndromeCancer family syndromeDeleterious germline mutationsRare tumor typeCancer cell growthRepair genesHigh-penetrance genesPenetrant germline mutationsPrimary malignancyCommon cancerLi-FraumeniKey tumor suppressor genesFamily syndromeCancer tissuesHereditary breastTumor typesSyndromeCancer typesCancer