Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, EC Alumnae Hall, Suite 302, 41 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/tala_berro.
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 41 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Suite 303-0, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/Liz13arrett.
Urol Clin North Am. 2021 Aug;48(3):297-309. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2021.03.002. Epub 2021 Jun 14.
Germline genetic testing for prostate cancer (PC) is increasingly important as the clinical utility of germline variants in this patient population is understood better. To better characterize the clinical landscape of germline testing in PC, published clinical cohorts of PC who underwent clinical germline genetic analysis at point of care are reviewed. Limitations and heterogeneity of these cohorts are highlighted and pathogenic results with established or potential clinical utility in PC noted. The need for additional germline genetic studies is underscored, because the number of PC patients studied lags greatly behind the high prevalence of the disease.
前列腺癌(PC)的种系基因检测变得越来越重要,因为人们对这一患者群体中的种系变异的临床应用有了更好的理解。为了更好地描述 PC 中种系检测的临床情况,对在就诊时接受临床种系基因分析的 PC 已发表的临床队列进行了回顾。强调了这些队列的局限性和异质性,并指出了在 PC 中具有既定或潜在临床应用价值的致病性结果。强调了开展更多种系基因研究的必要性,因为研究的 PC 患者数量远远落后于该疾病的高发病率。