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Clinical impact of next-generation sequencing multi-gene panel highlighting the landscape of germline alterations in ovarian cancer patients

The thesis was published by Farolfi, Alberto <1984>, in April 2023, Universita di Bologna.

Abstract:

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most frequently mutated genes in ovarian cancer (OC), crucial both for the identification of cancer predisposition and therapeutic choices. However, germline variants in other genes could be involved in OC susceptibility. We characterized OC patients to detect mutations in genes other than BRCA1/2 that could be associated with a high risk to develop OC, and that could permit patients to enter the most appropriate treatment and surveillance program. Next-Generation Sequencing analysis with a 94-gene panel was performed on germline DNA of 219 OC patients. We identified 34 pathogenic/likely-pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 and 38 in other 21 genes. Patients with pathogenic/likely-pathogenic variants in non-BRCA1/2 genes developed mainly OC alone compared to the other groups that developed also breast cancer or other tumors (p=0.001). Clinical correlation analysis showed that low-risk patients were significantly associated with platinum sensitivity (p



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