Table 3 Prevalence of BRCA1/2 germline variants in HBOC patients in Brazil.

From: Detection of germline variants in Brazilian breast cancer patients using multigene panel testing

References

n

Studied population

BRCA1, n (%)

BRCA2, n (%)

BRCA1/2, n (%)

Screening methodology

BRCA1 covered region

BRCA2 covered region

Gomes et al.22

402

Unselected BC

6 (1.5)

3 (0.8)

9 (2.3)

OMM + DS

Partial

Partial

Carraro et al.24

54

BC < 35 years

7 (13)

4 (7.4)

11 (20.4)

DS

Complete

Complete

Encinas et al.23

79

BC < 35 years

4 (5.1)

9 (11.4)

13 (16.5)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

Lourenço et al.25

47

High-risk BC

7 (15)

NA

7 (15)

DS

Complete

NA

Dufloth et al.26

31

High-risk BC

1 (3.2)

3 (9.7)

4 (12.9)

OMM + DS

Partial

Partial

Silva et al.27

120

High-risk BC

20 (16.7)

7 (5.8)

27 (22.5)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

Esteves et al.28

612

High-risk (PH ± FH)

19 (2.9)

3 (0.5)

21 (3.4)

OMM

Partial

Partial

Ewald et al.29

137

High-risk (PH ± FH)

7 (5)

NE

7 (5)

DS

c.68_69delAG, c.5266dupC

c.5946delT

Felix et al.30

106

High-risk (PH ± FH)

9 (8.5)

0

9 (8.5)

DS

Complete

c.5946delT, c.156_157insAlu

Palmero et al.31

18

High-risk (PH ± FH)

0

1 (7.1)

1 (7.1)

OMM

Partial

Partial

Fernandes et al.34

349

High-risk (PH ± FH)

49 (14)

26 (7.5)

75 (21.5)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

Alemar et al.32

418

High-risk (PH ± FH)

51 (12.2)

31 (7.4)

80 (19.1)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

de Souza Timoteo et al.60

157

High-risk (PH ± FH)

11 (7.0)

5 (3.2)

16 (10.2)

DS

Complete

Complete

Cipriano Jr et al.38

44

High-risk (PH ± FH)

5 (11.4)

7 (15.9)

12 (27.3)

OMM + DS

Partial

Partial

Bandeira et al.61

105

High-risk (PH ± FH)

10 (9.5)

4 (3.8)

14 (13.3)

DS + MLPA

complete

Complete

da Costa E Silva Carvalho et al.39

95

High-risk (PH ± FH)

13 (13.7)

4 (4.2)

17 (17.9)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

Nagy et al.62

49

High-risk PMP BC

3 (6.1)

2 (4.1)

5 (10.2)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

Guindalini et al. (current study)

1663

BC referred to GT

96 (5.8)

72 (4.3)

167 (10)

DS + MLPA

Complete

Complete

  1. BC breast cancer, PH ± FH personal history and / or family history of breast and / or ovary cancer, PMP postmenopausal, GT genetic testing, MLPA multiplex ligation- dependent probe amplification, NE not evaluated, OMM other molecular methods such as DHPLC denaturing high performance liquid chromatography, HRM high resolution melting, PTT protein truncation test, SSCP single-strand conformation polymorphism, DS direct sequencing like Sanger or next generation sequencing (NGS).