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Charité Ricker

University of Southern California
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Delivery of cascade screening for hereditary conditions: a scoping review of the literature

MC Roberts, WD Dotson, CS DeVore, EM Bednar… - Health …, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
Cascade screening is the process of contacting relatives of people who have been
diagnosed with certain hereditary conditions. Its purpose is to identify, inform, and manage …

Prevalence of BRCA Mutations and Founder Effect in High-Risk Hispanic Families

JN Weitzel, V Lagos, KR Blazer, R Nelson… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2005 - AACR
Approximately 12% of the US population is Hispanic, with the majority residing in urban
centers such as Los Angeles. The prevalence of BRCA mutations among high-risk Hispanic …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and type of BRCA mutations in Hispanics undergoing genetic cancer risk assessment in the southwestern United States: a report from the Clinical …

JN Weitzel, J Clague, A Martir-Negron… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prevalence and Type of BRCA Mutations in Hispanics Undergoing Genetic Cancer Risk
Assessment in the Southwestern United States: A Report From the Clinical Cancer Genetics …

Management of male breast cancer: ASCO guideline

MJ Hassett, MR Somerfield, ER Baker… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To develop recommendations concerning the management of male breast
cancer. METHODS ASCO convened an Expert Panel to develop recommendations based …

Evidence for Common Ancestral Origin of a Recurring BRCA1 Genomic Rearrangement Identified in High-Risk Hispanic Families

JN Weitzel, VI Lagos, JS Herzog, T Judkins… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2007 - AACR
Background: Large rearrangements account for 8% to 15% of deleterious BRCA mutations,
although none have been characterized previously in individuals of Mexican ancestry …

Increased yield of actionable mutations using multi-gene panels to assess hereditary cancer susceptibility in an ethnically diverse clinical cohort

C Ricker, JO Culver, K Lowstuter, D Sturgeon… - Cancer genetics, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aims to assess multi-gene panel testing in an ethnically diverse clinical cancer
genetics practice. We conducted a retrospective study of individuals with a personal or …

Transcriptome analysis provides critical answers to the “variants of uncertain significance” conundrum

MD Postel, JO Culver, C Ricker, DW Craig - Human mutation, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While whole‐genome and exome sequencing have transformed our collective
understanding of genetics' role in disease pathogenesis, there are certain conditions and …

Pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in PALB2, CHEK2, and other known breast cancer susceptibility genes among 1054 BRCA‐negative Hispanics with …

JN Weitzel, SL Neuhausen, A Adamson, S Tao… - Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and related cause of mortality
among Hispanics, yet susceptibility has been understudied. BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA) …

Unexpected CDH1 Mutations Identified on Multigene Panels Pose Clinical Management Challenges

K Lowstuter, CR Espenschied, D Sturgeon… - JCO Precision …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Mutations in the CDH1 gene confer up to an 80% lifetime risk of diffuse gastric
cancer and up to a 60% lifetime risk of lobular breast cancer. Testing for CDH1 mutations is …

Multicenter prospective cohort study of the diagnostic yield and patient experience of multiplex gene panel testing for hereditary cancer risk

GE Idos, AW Kurian, C Ricker, D Sturgeon… - JCO precision …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Multiplex gene panel testing (MGPT) allows for the simultaneous analysis of
germline cancer susceptibility genes. This study describes the diagnostic yield and patient …