( 32 ) observed an increased ovarian cancer risk for carriers by a factor of 2.3; however, findings did not reach statistical significance ( 32 ).
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Clinical Application of Multigene Panels: Challenges of Next-Generation Counseling and Cancer Risk Management.
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PMS2 , Incidental Finding but Possibly Significant for Management Case 3 is a 30-year-old unaffected woman of Northern European ancestry, self-referred for GCRA due to a family history of multiple cancers that included a paternal aunt who had breast cancer at age 44 and a new primary breast cancer at age 46, who passed away at age 52, a maternal grandmother who had breast cancer in her 60s and died at age 70, and a maternal aunt with ovarian cancer in late 40s who was alive at age 55 (no pathological reports available).
The laboratory reported that the variant was of “indeterminate significance” and yet that it may increase cancer risk.