Genetic Studies of Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Hispanic Gastric Cancer
Approximately 10% of gastric cancer cases show familial clustering and a hereditary cause is likely, however, only 1-3% cases result from known hereditary syndromes – which are predominantly associated with CDH1 and CTNNA1 genes. Hispanics are > 2 times more likely to be diagnosed and to die from gastric cancer compared to non-Hispanic whites. Not only does gastric cancer precision medicine lag behind other cancers – there is an urgent need to understand its etiology.
Germline mutations in homologous recombination genes have been implicated as important risk factors for gastric cancer. The purpose of this study is to continue to generate knowledge to improve gastric cancer outcomes and disparities by 1) characterizing prevalence of germline mutations in homologous recombination genes and identify new genes associated with gastric cancer 2) perform molecular characterization of gastric tumors in Hispanic patients.
Participants for germline analysis were enrolled from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay.
Whole exome sequence capture was performed for all germline and somatic samples using Agilent SureSelect Human All Exon v7 Kit.
All sequencing was performed on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000.
Germline Analysis:
- Whole exome sequencing was performed on 536 Hispanic patients (290 males, 246 female)