Prevalence of Germline Alterations on Targeted Tumor-Normal Sequencing of Esophagogastric Cancer

IMPORTANCE: Among patients with esophagogastric cancers, only individuals who present with known features of heritable cancer syndromes are referred for genetic testing. Broader testing might identify additional patients with germline alterations. OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of likely path...

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Published in:	JAMA Network Open Vol. 4; no. 7; p. e2114753
Main Authors:	Ku, Geoffrey Y, Kemel, Yelena, Maron, Steve B, Chou, Joanne F, Ravichandran, Vignesh, Shameer, Zarina, Maio, Anna, Won, Elizabeth S, Kelsen, David P, Ilson, David H, Capanu, Marinela, Strong, Vivian E, Molena, Daniela, Sihag, Smita, Jones, David R, Coit, Daniel G, Tuvy, Yaelle, Cowie, Kendall, Solit, David B, Schultz, Nikolaus, Hechtman, Jaclyn F, Offit, Kenneth, Joseph, Vijai, Mandelker, Diana, Janjigian, Yelena Y, Stadler, Zsofia K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Medical Association 01.07.2021
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Cross-Sectional Studies Esophageal cancer Esophageal Neoplasms - epidemiology Esophageal Neoplasms - genetics Female Gastric cancer Germ-Line Mutation - genetics Humans Male Middle Aged Oncology Online Only Original Investigation Prevalence Whole Genome Sequencing - methods Whole Genome Sequencing - statistics & numerical data
ISSN:	2574-3805, 2574-3805
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