The BRCA1 c.788G > T (NM_007294.4) variant in a high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patient: foods for thought.

In this report we described the case of a BRCA1/2 (BRCA) molecular testing performed on tumor sample in a High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (HGSOC) patient with two different Next Generation Tumor Sequencing (NGTS) pipelines. The two clinical reports leaded to apparently different BRCA status, providing important foods for thought. After NGTS, the gene sequencing information (i.e., reads) are aligned to the reference gene sequences obtained from public databases, in order to provide an uniform nomenclature for unambiguous variant designation. However, the criteria adopted for variant reporting in tissue test are not always univocal. Particularly, this is the case of rare and unclassified BRCA variants for which the molecular evaluation may be a relevant challenge. Here we described a BRCA1 unclassified variant that may be re-evaluated in the context of alternative BRCA1 transcripts due to its different biological effect. We underlined that an in-depth knowledge of BRCA testing is mandatory for its appropriate use.

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Elisa De Paolis, Antonella Pietragalla, Maria De Bonis, Anna Fagotti, Andrea Urbani, Giovanni Scambia, Angelo Minucci. The BRCA1 c.788G > T (NM_007294.4) variant in a high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patient: foods for thought. Molecular biology reports. 2021 Mar;48(3):2985-2992

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PMID: 33656647

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