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Name: AGender:Female
Clinical Symptom: Diagnosed with breast cancer at age of 40 years old.
Family History: Mother had breast cancer at age of 50 years old.
Test taken:BRCA 1/2 genetic testing.
Interpretation:
A frameshift (c.335_335delA) was detected in the region of no.5 exon of, leading to protein synthesis termination ahead of time. This coding area is supposed to code 1863 amnio acid, however in this case, it only codes 117 amnio acid due to this frameshift, which eventually causes protein inactivation, losing its function in DNA damage repairmen, tumor suppression, and signal transmisson.
According to A’s family history, her mother and sister are also recommended to take validation of this mutation. The result shows that both of them carry the same frameshift mutation.
Finally, the real cause of cancer in this family is discovered and at the same time, test result prompts that her sister is at increased risk of developing breast/ovarian or related cancers.
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