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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 413-419Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-01011-8
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- Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre [IS-BRC-1215-200074]
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This study highlights the importance of cancer predisposition gene testing conducted in the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine over the past 30 years. The data shows that a significant number of index cases with germline gene variants can be identified through diagnostic screening tests, leading to subsequent cascade testing, which is essential for service provision and health economic assessment.
It is 30 years since the first diagnostic cancer predisposition gene (CPG) test in the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine (MCGM), providing opportunities for cancer prevention, early detection and targeted treatments in index cases and at-risk family members. Here, we present time trends (1990-2020) of identification of index cases with a germline CPG variant and numbers of subsequent cascade tests, for 15 high-risk breast and gastro-intestinal tract cancer-associated CPGs: BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, PTEN, TP53, APC, BMPR1a, CDH1, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, SMAD4, STK11 and MUTYH. We recorded 2082 positive index case diagnostic screening tests, generating 3216 positive and 3140 negative family cascade (non-index) tests. This is equivalent to an average of 3.05 subsequent cascade tests per positive diagnostic index test, with 1.54 positive and 1.51 negative non-index tests per family. The CPGs with the highest numbers of non-index positive cases identified on cascade testing were BRCA1/2 (n = 1999) and the mismatch repair CPGs associated with Lynch Syndrome (n = 731). These data are important for service provision and health economic assessment of CPG diagnostic testing, in terms of cancer prevention and early detection strategies, and identifying those likely to benefit from targeted treatment strategies.
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