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Provedor de dados: | 74
País: | Brazil
Título: | Population prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and implementation of a genetic cancer risk assessment program in southern Brazil
Autores: | Palmero,Edenir I.; Caleffi,Maira; Schüler-Faccini,Lavínia; Roth,Fernanda L.; Kalakun,Luciane; Netto,Cristina Brinkmann Oliveira; Skonieski,Giovana; Giacomazzi,Juliana; Weber,Bernadete; Giugliani,Roberto; Camey,Suzi A.; Ashton-Prolla,Patricia.
Data: | 2009-01-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Breast cancer; Genetic counseling; Hereditary cancer syndromes.
Resumo: | In 2004, a population-based cohort (the Núcleo Mama Porto Alegre - NMPOA Cohort) was started in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil and within that cohort, a hereditary breast cancer study was initiated, aiming to determine the prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and evaluate acceptance of a genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) program. Women from that cohort who reported a positive family history of cancer were referred to GCRA. Of the 9218 women enrolled, 1286 (13.9%) reported a family history of cancer. Of the 902 women who attended GCRA, 55 (8%) had an estimated lifetime risk of breast cancer ³ 20% and 214 (23.7%) had pedigrees suggestive of a breast cancer predisposition syndrome; an unexpectedly high number of these fulfilled criteria for Li-Fraumeni-like syndrome (122 families, 66.7%). The overall prevalence of a hereditary breast cancer phenotype was 6.2% (95%CI: 5.67-6.65). These findings identified a problem of significant magnitude in the region and indicate that genetic cancer risk evaluation should be undertaken in a considerable proportion of the women from this community. The large proportion of women who attended GCRA (72.3%) indicates that the program was well-accepted by the community, regardless of the potential cultural, economic and social barriers.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000300004
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Relação: | 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000058
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Genetics and Molecular Biology  v.32 n.3 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess