Consanguinity protecting effect against breast cancer among Tunisian women: Analysis of BRCA1 haplotypes
(2015) Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention — Vol. 16, n° 9, p. 4051-4055 (2015)
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- The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of consanguinity on breast cancer incidence in Tunisia. We conducted a case-control study to evaluate the involvement of heterozygote and homozygote haplotypes of BRCA1 gene SNPs according to consanguinity among 40 cases of familial breast cancer, 46 cases with sporadic breast cancer and 34 healthy controls. We showed significant difference in consanguinity rate between breast cancer patients versus healthy controls P = 0.001. Distribution of homozygous BRCA1 haplotypes among healthy women versus breast cancer patients was significantly different; p=0.02. Parental consanguinity seems to protect against breast cancer in the Tunisian population.
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Medimegh, I., Troudi, W., Omrane, I., Ayari, H., Uhrhummer, N., Majoul, H., Benayed, F., Mezlini, A., Bignon, Y.-J., Sibille, C., & Elgaaied, A. B. (2015). Consanguinity protecting effect against breast cancer among Tunisian women: Analysis of BRCA1 haplotypes. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16(9), 4051-4055. https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.9.4051 (Original work published 2015)