A clinical case of multiple primary cancers in a carrier of rare SDK2 and NOTCH2 gene mutations
Open Access
- 16 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
- Vol. 22 (1), 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s43042-021-00176-7
Abstract
Background Genetic predisposition is one of the risk factors for the development of multiple primary cancers (MPCs), the frequency of which increases and ranges from 2 to 17%. This study describes a combination of rare mutations, rs746551843 in the NOTCH2 gene and rs144933006 in the SDK2 gene, in a woman with breast cancer and leiomyosarcoma without a clearly burdened family history. Case presentation A 55-year-old Caucasian woman received complex treatment on the basis of the National Medical Research Centre for Oncology for left breast cancer and leiomyosarcoma of soft tissues of the left thigh. The patient was referred for consultation with a geneticist. Among direct relatives, a maternal aunt with a history of kidney cancer was not a carrier of the studied single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The healthy son of the patient inherited both mutations. Conclusion Thus, perhaps in the described case, there is a synergistic effect of two alleles of moderate and low penetrance, which led to the phenotype of multiple primary cancers.Keywords
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