[PDF][PDF] A dominantly inherited 5′ UTR variant causing methylation-associated silencing of BRCA1 as a cause of breast and ovarian cancer

DGR Evans, EM van Veen, HJ Byers… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Pathogenic variants in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are identified in∼ 20% of families with multiple
individuals affected by early-onset breast and/or ovarian cancer. Extensive searches for …

The contribution of whole gene deletions and large rearrangements to the mutation spectrum in inherited tumor predisposing syndromes

MJ Smith, JE Urquhart, EF Harkness, EK Miles… - Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Heterozygous whole gene deletions (WGDs), and intragenic microdeletions, account for a
significant proportion of mutations underlying cancer predisposition syndromes. We …

Intronic splicing mutations in PTCH1 cause Gorlin syndrome

Z Bholah, MJ Smith, HJ Byers, EK Miles, DG Evans… - Familial Cancer, 2014 - Springer
Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multiple early-onset
basal cell carcinoma, odontogenic keratocysts and skeletal abnormalities. It is caused by …

High likelihood of actionable pathogenic variant detection in breast cancer genes in women with very early onset breast cancer

DG Evans, EM van Veen, HJ Byers, SJ Evans… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background While the likelihood of identifying constitutional breast cancer-associated
BRCA1, BRCA2 and TP53 pathogenic variants (PVs) increases with earlier diagnosis age …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of lung cancer polygenic risk scores in a high-risk case-control cohort

MB Lebrett, MJ Smith, EJ Crosbie, J Bowes… - Genetics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Screening with low-dose computed tomography reduces lung cancer (LC)
mortality. Risk prediction models used for screening selection do not include genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical utility of testing for PALB2 and CHEK2 c. 1100delC in breast and ovarian cancer

ER Woodward, EM van Veen, C Forde, EF Harkness… - Genetics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the contribution of PALB2 pathogenic gene variants (PGVs,
PALB2_PGV) and the CHEK2 c. 1100delC (CHEK2_1100delC) PGV to familial breast and …

[HTML][HTML] Common variants modify the age of onset for basal cell carcinomas in Gorlin syndrome

B Yasar, HJ Byers, MJ Smith, J Lear, D Oudit… - European Journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by multiple early-onset
basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and jaw keratocysts. Through association studies in cohorts of …

[HTML][HTML] Extended gene panel testing in lobular breast cancer

EM van Veen, DG Evans, EF Harkness, HJ Byers… - Familial Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Purpose: Lobular breast cancer (LBC) accounts for~ 15% of breast cancer. Here, we studied
the frequency of pathogenic germline variants (PGVs) in an extended panel of genes in …

Inherited BRCA1 epimutation as a novel cause of breast and ovarian cancer

DGR Evans, EM van Veen, HJ Byers, AJ Wallace… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Background Pathogenic variants in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are identified in~ 20% of families with
multiple individuals with early-onset breast/ovarian cancer. Extensive searches for …

[CITATION][C] Biallelic variants in RCC1 result in fever associated axonal neuropathy with encephalopathy

R Harkness, J McDermott… - … Journal of Human …, 2024 - research.manchester.ac.uk
Biallelic variants in RCC1 result in fever associated axonal neuropathy with
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