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The incidence of pancreatic cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

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, the Hereditary Breast Cancer Study Group, Iqbal, J, Ragone, A, Lubinski, J, Lynch, H T, Moller, P, Ghadirian, P, Foulkes, W D +12 more·2012·British Journal of Cancer

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BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 predispose to pancreatic cancer. We estimated the incidence of pancreatic cancer in a cohort of female carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation. We also estimated survival rates in pancreatic cancer cases from families with a BRCA mutation. METHODS: We followed 5149 women with a mutation for new cases of pancreatic cancer. The standardised incidence ratios (SIR) for pancreatic cancer were calculated based on age group and country of residence. We also reviewed the pedigrees of 8140 pedigrees with a BRCA1 or a BRCA2 mutation for those with a case of pancreatic cancer. We recorded the year of diagnosis and the year of death for 351 identified cases. RESULTS: Eight incident pancreatic cancer cases were identified among all mutation carriers. The SIR for BRCA1 carriers was 2.55 (95% CI=1.03-5.31, P=0.04) and for BRCA2 carriers was 2.13 (95% CI=0.36-7.03, P=0.3). The 5-year survival rate was 5% for cases from a BRCA1 family and 4% for cases from a BRCA2 family. CONCLUSION: The risk of pancreatic cancer is approximately doubled in female BRCA carriers. The poor survival in familial pancreatic cancer underscores the need for novel anti-tumoural strategies.

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  • Some families affected by BRCA2 mutations have an increased incidence of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and breast or ovarian cancer, and are classified as having both HBOC and hereditary pancreatic cancer.

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T. H. B. C. S. G., Iqbal, J., Ragone, A., Lubinski, J., Lynch, H. T., Moller, P., Ghadirian, P., Foulkes, W. D., Armel, S., Eisen, A., Neuhausen, S. L., Senter, L., Singer, C. F., Ainsworth, P., Kim-Sing, C., Tung, N., Friedman, E., Llacuachaqui, M., Ping, S., & Narod, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Women’s College Hospital Research and Innovation Institute (CA)
  • International Hereditary Cancer Center (PL)
  • Creighton University (US)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
  • City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
  • The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (US)
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna (AT)
  • BC Cancer Agency (CA)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
Corresponding author
Narod, S A
Venue
British Journal of Cancer
Published
2012-10-25
Volume
107
Issue
12
Pages
2005-2009
ISSN
  • 0007-0920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-1827
OpenAlex
W2035801850
Cited by
252
References
19
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FWCI
9.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • British Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Keywords
pancreatic cancer, BRCA1 mutation carriers, BRCA2 mutation carriers, hereditary cancer predisposition, cancer incidence, standardized incidence ratio, survival rate, familial pancreatic cancer
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Female, Heterozygote, Humans, Middle Aged, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Cohort Studies, Incidence, Germ-Line Mutation, BRCA1 Protein, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, BRCA2 Protein, Kaplan-Meier Estimate

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