William D. Foulkes

Identification of a novel CHEK2variant and assessment of its contribution to the risk of breast cancer in French Canadian women (2008)

Novak, David J, Chen, Long, Ghadirian, Parviz, Hamel, Nancy, Zhang, Phil, Rossiny, Vanessa, ...

Abstract Background BRCA1 and BRCA2 account for the majority of the known familial breast cancer risk, however, the impact of other cancer susceptibility genes largely remains to be elucidated....

Identification of a novel truncating PALB2mutation and analysis of its contribution to early-onset breast cancer in French-Canadian women (2007)

Foulkes, William D, Ghadirian, Parviz, Akbari, Mohammed, Hamel, Nancy, Giroux, Sylvie, Sabbaghian, Nelly, ...

Abstract Background PALB2 has recently been identified as a breast cancer susceptibility gene. PALB2 mutations are rare causes of hereditary breast cancer but may be important in countries such as...

Use of immunohistochemical markers can refine prognosis in triple negative breast cancer (2007)

Tischkowitz, Marc, Brunet, Jean-Sébastien, Bégin, Louis R, Huntsman, David G, Cheang, Maggie CU, Akslen, Lars A, ...

Abstract Background Basal-like breast cancer has been extensively characterized on the basis of gene expression profiles, but it is becoming increasingly common for these tumors to be defined on the...

Use of immunohistochemical markers can refine prognosis in triple negative breast cancer (2007)

Tischkowitz, Marc, Brunet, Jean-Sébastien, Bégin, Louis R., Huntsman, David G., Cheang, Maggie C. U., Akslen, Lars A., ...

Background: Basal-like breast cancer has been extensively characterized on the basis of gene expression profiles, but it is becoming increasingly common for these tumors to be defined on the basis of...

Spontaneous and therapeutic abortions and the risk of breast cancer among BRCAmutation carriers (2006)

Friedman, Eitan, Kotsopoulos, Joanne, Lubinski, Jan, Lynch, Henry T, Ghadirian, Parviz, Neuhausen, Susan L, ...

Abstract Introduction BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are at increased risk for developing both breast and ovarian cancer. It has been suggested that carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations may also be at...

Haplotype analysis suggest common founders in carriers of the recurrent BRCA2mutation, 3398delAAAAG, in French Canadian hereditary breast and/ovarian cancer families (2006)

Oros, Kathleen K, Leblanc, Guy, Arcand, Suzanna L, Shen, Zhen, Perret, Chantal, Mes-Masson, Anne-Marie, ...

Abstract Background The 3398delAAAAG mutation in BRCA2 was recently found to recur in breast and/or ovarian cancer families from the French Canadian population of Quebec, a population that has...

The frequent BRCA1mutation 1135insA has multiple origins: a haplotype study in different populations (2006)

Rudkin, Teresa M, Hamel, Nancy, Galvez, Maria, Hogervorst, Frans, Gille, Johan JP, Møller, Pål, ...

Abstract Background Analysis of the chromosomal background upon which a mutation occurs can be used to reconstruct the origins of specific disease-causing mutations. The relatively common BRCA1...

Changes in body weight and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1and BRCA2mutation carriers (2005)

Kotsopoulos, Joanne, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Ghadirian, Parviz, Lubinski, Jan, Lynch, Henry T, Isaacs, Claudine, ...

Abstract Background Several anthropometric measures have been found to be associated with the risk of breast cancer. Current weight, body mass index, and adult weight gain appear to be predictors of...

Invasive breast cancer following bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy in a BRCA2mutation carrier: a case report and review of the literature (2005)

Kasprzak, Lidia, Mesurolle, Benoit, Tremblay, Francine, Galvez, Maria, Halwani, Fawaz, Foulkes, William D

Abstract Background Primary prevention of breast cancer through prophylactic mastectomy can reduce the risk of malignancy in high-risk individuals. No type of mastectomy completely removes all breast...

A combined analysis of outcome following breast cancer: differences in survival based on BRCA1/BRCA2mutation status and administration of adjuvant treatment (2003)

Robson, Mark E, Chappuis, Pierre O, Satagopan, Jaya, Wong, Nora, Boyd, Jeff, Goffin, John R, ...

Abstract Background The prognostic significance of germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 in women with breast cancer remains unclear. A combined analysis was performed to address this uncertainty....

Founder mutations in BRCA1/2are not frequent in Canadian Ashkenazi Jewish men with prostate cancer (2003)

Hamel, Nancy, Kotar, Kimberley, Foulkes, William D

Abstract Background Relatives of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have long been proposed by epidemiological studies to have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. In the Ashkenazi Jewish...

Locating a Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene on the X Chromosome by Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Using Three Founder Populations in Quebec and Switzerland (1998)

Foulkes, William D.

The funded proposal has not yet been activated. We have obtained DOD-endorsed ethical approval at McGill University, but because we are waiting for ethical approval at the other 2 sites we cannot...

Locating a Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene on the X Chromosome by Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Using Three Founder Populations in Quebec and Switzerland (1998)

Foulkes, William D.

The funded proposal has not yet been activated at all sites. Approval was given to commence the research at the McGill University hospital site only. IRB approval was obtained from in Switzerland and...

Is Breast Tissue from Women Who Carry Germ-Line BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations "Normal"? An Immuno-Histopathological Study (1998)

Foulkes, William D., Alpert, L., Deschenes, J., Tremblay, G.

Background and Hypothesis: BRCA1/2 mutations confer a substantially elevated risk of breast cancer. It is not known whether breast tissue from BRCAl/2 mutation carriers is normal of not. We...

Locating a Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene on the X Chromosome by Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Using Three Founder Populations in Quebec and Switzerland (1998)

Foulkes, William D.

The funded proposal has not yet begun at all sites. We have yet to receive the SPA for the Chicoutimi site but we are confident that this will happen shortly as all the necessary documents have been...

Is Breast Tissue from Women Who Carry Germ-Line BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations "Normal"? - An Immuno-Histopathological Study (1998)

Foulkes, William D., Alpert, Lesley, Quenneville, Louise, Tremblay, Gilles

After review of 140 files, a total of 90 prevalent cases of breast cancer were recruited from both clinical genetic services at the Montreal Hospital sites. A total of 36 cases were examined by three...

Locating a Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene on the X Chromosome by Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Using Three Founder Populationin Quebec and Switzerland (1998)

Foulkes, William D.

The funded proposal has not yet begun at all sites. We have yet to receive the SPA for the Chicoutimi site but we are confident that this will happen shortly as all the necessary documents have been...

Identifying Early Events in BRCA2-Related Breast Cancer Using Isogenic Cell Lines (1998)

Foulkes, William D.

Three paired primary cell lines derived from BRCA- mutation carrying women have been established. These lines are B28T, B28N (BRCA2 mutation), B22T and B22N and B23T and B23N (BRCA1 mutation) where T...

Analysis of PALB2/FANCN-associated breast cancer families

Tischkowitz, Marc, Xia, Bing, Sabbaghian, Nelly, Reis-Filho, Jorge S., Hamel, Nancy, Li, Guilan, ...

No more than ≈30% of hereditary breast cancer has been accounted for by mutations in known genes. Most of these genes, such as BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, CHEK2, ATM, and FANCJ/BRIP1, function in DNA...