Clinical characteristics of patients with Breast and / or Ovarian Cancer with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in Córdoba, Argentina

Authors

  • Claudia Alejandra Martin National University of Cordoba. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Institutional Strengthening Program (PROFOIN). Córdoba, Argentina.
  • Lourdes Suárez Villasmil nstituto Privado de Radioterapia, Fundación Marie Curie, Córdoba, Argentina
  • Adela Sembaj National University of Cordoba. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Cordoba Argentina.
  • Fabian Gomez Balangione Private University Hospital of Córdoba
  • Silvia Zunino Private Institute of Radiotherapy
  • Cecilia del Carmen Montes Children's Hospital of the Holy Trinity. Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
  • Adriana Borello Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba
  • Andres Del Castillo Rawson Hospital. Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
  • Maximiliano Zeballos Foundation for the Progress of Medicine
  • Norma Teresa Rossi Foundation for the Progress of Medicine. Zunino Institute, Marie Curie Foundation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v79.n3.34533

Keywords:

genes brca1, genes brca2, breast neoplasms, ovarian neoplasms

Abstract

Introduction: Hereditary predisposition syndromes to cancer represent 5-10% of cancer cases, the most studied being HBOC produced by mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes. Objectives: To describe clinical, histopathological and PV characteristics in patients with HBOC in Córdoba, Argentina and compare it with those without BRCA1/2 mutations. Methods: Cross-sectional, correlational and observational analysis of patients from Córdoba. The ANOVA, Student's t test contingency tables and Fisher exact test were used the significance level was α = 0.05. Results: 155 women with BC, OC and BC/OC were studied. 40 BRCA1 / 2 mutations were identified. No differences were found in the age of diagnosis between patients with and without BRCA1/2 mutations. A significant association was found between VP in BRCA1/2 and the type of cancer (p = 0.003); all cases with BC/OC presented mutations in BRCA1/2. No significant association was found between mutated/non-mutated and personal history, family background, and ER-PR-HER2. 23.1% and 38.1% of BC cases were TN in individuals with VP in BRCA 1 and 2, respectively. The prevalence of mutations was 25.8% and the prevalence of novel PV was 10.0%. Conclusions: Patients with BC-VP BRCA1/2 are associated with ductal histology, and younger age of presentation with VP BRCA1. We did not find significant differences in the age at diagnosis of BC between patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, a higher proportion of BC TN is observed than in the general population. In our sample, the prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations among patients who meet criteria for HBOC is 25.8%, with 10% new pathogenic variant.

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Author Biographies

Claudia Alejandra Martin, National University of Cordoba. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Institutional Strengthening Program (PROFOIN). Córdoba, Argentina.

Specialist in Clinical Oncology. Scholar and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Córdoba. Physician of the Hematology and Oncology service of the Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba and Hospital Raúl A Ferreyra. Postal address: Av. United Nations 346. B ° Parque Vélez Sarsfield (CPA X5016KEH) Córdoba - Argentina. claudia.martin@hospitalprivadosa.com.ar, claudia.martin81@gmail.com. No conflicts of interest.

Lourdes Suárez Villasmil, nstituto Privado de Radioterapia, Fundación Marie Curie, Córdoba, Argentina

Doctor of Science. Lic. In Biology. Private Institute of Radiotherapy, Marie Curie Foundation, Córdoba, Argentina.

Adela Sembaj, National University of Cordoba. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Cordoba Argentina.

 Doctora en Cs. Biológicas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.

 

Fabian Gomez Balangione, Private University Hospital of Córdoba

OB / GYN. Head of the Breast Pathology Section of the Private University Hospital of Córdoba.

Silvia Zunino, Private Institute of Radiotherapy

Dra. In Medicine and Surgery. Specialist in Radiotherapy Oncology. General Director of the Radiotherapy Institute.

Cecilia del Carmen Montes, Children's Hospital of the Holy Trinity. Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Physician, Specialist in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics. Head of the Medical Genetics Division, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad de Córdoba. IMGO (Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics).

Adriana Borello, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba

Médica oncóloga del Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba y Hospital Raúl A Ferreyra. Dirección postal: Av. Naciones Unidas 346. B° Parque Vélez Sarsfield (CPA X5016KEH) Córdoba - Argentina

Andres Del Castillo, Rawson Hospital. Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Mastologist of the Breast Unit of the Private Model Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Córdoba. Provincial Program for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Ministry of Health of Córdoba at Hospital Rawson - Breast Unit Polo Sanitario Oncológico Breast Córdoba - Argentina

 

 

Maximiliano Zeballos, Foundation for the Progress of Medicine

Degree in biochemistry. Postal address: 9 de Julio 941, X5000 Córdoba, Córdoba .. Foundation for the Progress of Medicine. Molecular Biology Lab - Molecular Oncology

Norma Teresa Rossi, Foundation for the Progress of Medicine. Zunino Institute, Marie Curie Foundation

Doctor in medicine. Professor of the Chair of Medical Genetics, IUCBC. Foundation for the Progress of Medicine. Zunino Institute, Marie Curie Foundation.

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2022-09-16

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Martin CA, Suárez Villasmil L, Sembaj A, Gomez Balangione F, Zunino S, Montes C del C, Borello A, Del Castillo A, Zeballos M, Rossi NT. Clinical characteristics of patients with Breast and / or Ovarian Cancer with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in Córdoba, Argentina. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];79(3):228-34. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/34533

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