Prevalence of BRCA Mutations Among Women with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) in a Genetic Counseling Cohort
Greenup R, Buchanan A, Lorizio W, Rhoads K, Chan S, Leedom T, King R, McLennan J, Crawford B, Kelly Marcom P, Shelley Hwang E. Prevalence of BRCA Mutations Among Women with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) in a Genetic Counseling Cohort. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2013, 20: 3254-3258. PMID: 23975317, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3205-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerBRCA mutation prevalenceRace/ethnicityBRCA mutationsGenetic counselingBreast cancerMutation prevalenceGenetic mutationsAfrican AmericansHereditary cancer clinicBRCA mutation statusBRCA genetic mutationPersonalized genetic counselingConclusionsThe prevalenceNCCN guidelinesPrimary outcomeRetrospective reviewTNBC subtypesResultsA totalBRCA2 mutationsCancer clinicMutation statusDemographic dataPrevalenceEthnicity/race