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Phenocopy in a patient with triple negative breast cancer: a case report

A total of 1.67 million breast cancer cases per year are reported worldwide. Of these, 5%–10% are caused by inherited mutations. Phenocopy is a rare phenomenon, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In phenocopies, phenotypes identical to those with genetic origin occur because of enviro...

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Autores principales: da Costa, Gustavo Henrique Morcelli, Dias, Eduarda Scoto, Pegoraro, Naiara Bozza, Kohler, Camila Nemetz, Raskin, Salmo, Mikami, Liya Regina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10691311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37991089
http://dx.doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2023RC0319
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Sumario:A total of 1.67 million breast cancer cases per year are reported worldwide. Of these, 5%–10% are caused by inherited mutations. Phenocopy is a rare phenomenon, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In phenocopies, phenotypes identical to those with genetic origin occur because of environmental factors rather than familial mutations. We describe a case of phenocopy in a 44-year-old female patient with triple-negative breast cancer. The mother and sister wee heterozygous for c.1813delA, p.Ile605TyrfsTer9 in BRCA2 . The patient underwent genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 and exome sequencing. Familial or other cancer variants were not detected. The most accepted phenocopy theory is that patients without genetic variants but who are carriers of these mutations undergo cellular changes due to environmental factors, increasing the risk of breast cancer. Therefore, the detection of phenocopy in patients with breast cancer is important in clinical practice.