Journal of International Obstetrics and Gynecology ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (3): 351-355.doi: 10.12280/gjfckx.20210068

• Research on Gynecological Malignancies Original Article • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Analysis of BRCA Gene Mutation Status and Clinical Significance in 74 Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

RAO Yang, LI Xiao, XU De-huan, ZHU Xue-ping, QU Peng-peng   

  1. Department of Gynecology Oncology, Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics, Tianjin 300100, China (RAO Yang, LI Xiao, QU Peng-peng);Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China (XU De-huan, ZHU Xue-ping)
  • Received:2021-01-19 Published:2021-06-15 Online:2021-06-25

Abstract:

Objective: To analyze BRCA germline mutation in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and its relationship with clinical pathological features. Methods: The BRCA germline mutation results of 74 patients with EOC who received therapy at Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics from January 2017 to January 2020 were collected. Statistical analysis was performed on the relationship between BRCA mutation and clinical pathological features. Results: In 74 patients of EOC, the mutation rate of BRCA1 and BRCA2 were 24.3% and 9.5% respectively. The main mutation mode includes 15 cases of frame shift mutations and 5 cases of nonsense mutations. The mutations are mainly appears in the exon coding region (CDS9 and CDS10). There was no significant difference in the FIGO stage, pathological type, lymphatic metastasis status, serum levels of CA-125, family history of malignant tumor between BRCA-mutated patients and wild-type patients in this study (P>0.05). The recurrence-free survival (RFS) of patients with BRCA-mutated is longer than that of patients without BRCA-mutated, and the difference is statistically significant (Z=-1.931, P=0.027). Statistically significant correlations were observed between BRCA-mutated status and family history of hereditary breast cancer ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) ( χ 2=4.059, P=0.044). Conclusions: All female members of the family of EOC patients with family history of HBOC should undergo BRCA gene testing, which is an effective way to screen high-risk patients for ovarian cancer.

Key words: Ovarian neoplasms, Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, Genes,BRCA1, Genes,BRCA2, Mutation, Epithelial ovarian cancer