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Gitana Aceto, Serena Veschi, Ahmed Elhaj, Annalisa Morgano, Ahmed Mohamedani, Elgaylani Eltayeb, Dafaallah Abuidris, Mario Di Gioacchino, Pasquale Battista, Fabio Verginelli, Alessandro Cama, Nasr Elwali, Renato Mariani-Costantini |
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Breast Cancer Research & Treatment; Apr2007, Vol. 102 Issue 2, p189-199, 11p |
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Abstract The etiology of breast cancer in Africa is scarcely investigated. Breast cancer was responsible for 456/2,233 cancer patients (20.4%) ascertained between 1999 and 2004 at Gezira University, Central Sudan. Male breast cancer accounted for 16/456 patients (3.5%), 275/440 female patients (62.5%) were premenopausal and 150/440 cases (34%) occurred in women with ≥5 childbirths. We characterized for germlineBRCA1/2mutations a one-year series of patients (34 females, 1 male) selected by diagnosis within age 40 years or male gender. Overall 33/35 patients were found to carry 60BRCA1/2variants, of which 17 (28%) were novel, 22 (37%) reported in populations from various geographic areas and 21 (35%) reported worldwide. Detected variants included 5 truncating mutations, one of which (inBRCA2) was in the male patient. The 55 non-truncating variants included 3 unclassified variants predicted to affect protein product and not co-occurring with a truncating mutation in the same gene. Patients were from different tribes but AMOVA showed that mostBRCA1/2variation was within individuals (86.41%) and patients clustered independently of tribe in a phylogenetic tree. Cluster analysis based on age at cancer diagnosis and reproductive variables split female patients in two clusters that, by factor analysis, were explained by low versus high scores of the total period occupied by pregnancies and lactation. The cluster with low scores comprised all 4 patients with truncating mutations and 3 of the 4 carriers of unclassified variants predicted to affect protein product. Our findings suggest that in Central SudanBRCA1/2represent an important etiological factor of breast cancer in males and young women less exposed to pregnancy and lactation. Factors other thanBRCA1/2may contribute to breast cancer in young highly multiparous women who breast-fed for prolonged periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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