Case Report: A combination of CHEK2 and high polygenic risk score leads to early-onset male breast cancer

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Beitragende

  • Kamil Tamindarov - , Institut für Pathologie (Autor:in)
  • Marika Frank - , Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Sonja Wegscheider - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Beatrix Benedix - , DRK Krankenhaus Chemnitz-Rabenstein (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Lingscheidt - , Kreiskrankenhaus Stollberg gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Kai Neukirchner - , Kreiskrankenhaus Stollberg gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Hadeel Shamma - , Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Jens Schnabel - , DRK Krankenhaus Chemnitz-Rabenstein (Autor:in)
  • Marion Tolkmitt - , DRK Krankenhaus Chemnitz-Rabenstein (Autor:in)
  • Karina Pillau - , DRK Krankenhaus Chemnitz-Rabenstein (Autor:in)
  • Vincent Strehlow - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Julia Hentschel - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Diana Le Duc - , Institut für Klinische Genetik, Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen Dresden, DRK Krankenhaus Chemnitz-Rabenstein, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig , Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK) - Dresden, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) (Autor:in)

Abstract

Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease, accounting for about 1% of all breast cancer cases worldwide. Compared to female breast cancer (FBC), MBC shows a higher prevalence of hormone receptor positivity and distinct germline predispositions, most frequently pathogenic variants in BRCA2 and CHEK2. The contribution of mismatch repair (MMR) genes such as MSH6 to MBC risk remains, however, unclear. In addition, polygenic risk scores (PRS) have emerged as promising tools for breast cancer risk prediction but are not yet used in routine care. We report the case of a 42-year-old man diagnosed with invasive carcinoma of no special type, strongly estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative, and with a family history of breast and prostate cancer. Genetic testing revealed a pathogenic CHEK2 nonsense variant (p.Trp411*), a likely pathogenic MSH6 frameshift variant, and a breast cancer PRS in the 99th percentile. Tumor sequencing confirmed both germline variants but showed microsatellite stability and no loss of heterozygosity, arguing against a causal role of MSH6. This case illustrates how PRS, in combination with moderate-risk variants, like those in CHEK2, may drive early-onset MBC and highlights the need to incorporate polygenic models into risk assessment and counseling.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1764722
FachzeitschriftFrontiers in oncology
Jahrgang16
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC13034568
Scopus 105034397325

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