BRCA1: a missing link in the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway

Cancer Discov. 2013 Apr;3(4):376-8. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-13-0044.

Abstract

Domchek and colleagues provide a case report of a 28-year-old woman with congenital abnormalities, inherited ovarian cancer, and carboplatin hypersensitivity. Interestingly, the woman had validated germline mutations in both BRCA1 alleles. These findings further implicate BRCA1 in the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway and have important implications for BRCA1 genetic testing.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Papillary / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genes, BRCA1*
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*