BRCA status assessment in epithelial ovarian cancer and the challenge of tumor testing

Claudia Marchetti¹, Angelo Minucci², Antonella Pietragalla³, Giovanni Scambia^{1

4}, Anna Fagotti^{5

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Molecular and Genomics Diagnostics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy annafagotti70@gmail.com.

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Claudia Marchetti et al. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 Sep.

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. 2020 Sep;30(9):1465-1466.

doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001670. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Claudia Marchetti¹, Angelo Minucci², Antonella Pietragalla³, Giovanni Scambia^{1

4}, Anna Fagotti^{5

4}

¹ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Molecular and Genomics Diagnostics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy annafagotti70@gmail.com.

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Keywords: cystadenocarcinoma, serous; ovarian cancer.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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