Breast cancer research and treatment
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · Aug 2009
Comparative StudyEvaluating the performance of models for predicting the BRCA germline mutations in Han Chinese familial breast cancer patients.
Established models (Penn, Myraid and BRCApro) are useful of estimating the probability that a person has a BRCA mutation. But the value of these models in Chinese population is unclear. The aim of the study is to evaluate the performance of three models on the assisting in pre-test genetic risk counseling. ⋯ Three models had the similar impact on the pre-test probability of BRCA mutation. But at a 10% cutoff point, BRCApro had the best BRCA mutation carrier prediction value. The performance of BRCApro for BRCA2 mutation prediction was improved when it was restricted in patients from high risk families.