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    Chromosomal radiosensitivity, cancer predisposition and response to radiotherapy.

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    Authors
    Scott, David
    Affiliation
    Department of Cancer Genetics, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Withington, Manchester, UK. dscott@picr.man.ac.uk
    Issue Date
    2000-05
    
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    AIM: This paper briefly summarizes the research on this topic, undertaken in the Department of Cancer Genetics, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, England, over the previous 6 years. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Patients with the recessively-inherited disease, ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), who are cancer-prone and suffer severe reactions after radiotherapy, also have highly radiosensitive cells, particularly when chromosome damage is used as the measure of radiosensitivity. Enhanced chromosomal radiosensitivity is also a feature of many other cancer-prone disorders. We have investigated the possible role of such radiosensitivity as a marker of cancer predisposition and response to radiotherapy in the general population. RESULTS: We found that 42% (57/135) of breast cancer patients exhibit chromosomal radiosensitivity when lymphocytes are irradiated in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, compared with 6% (6/105) of healthy controls (Figure 1). These figures are much higher than the estimated frequencies of carriers of the ataxia-telangiectasia gene (heterozygotes) amongst breast cancer patients (< 5%) and controls (0.5%). We have also obtained evidence of heritability of G2 sensitivity by studying relatives of breast cancer cases (Figures 2 and 3). The pattern of inheritance is relatively simple and attributable to 1 or 2 genes segregating in each family (Figure 4). In a prospective study of 123 breast cancer patients, 9 (7%) had severe acute reactions to radiotherapy and their mean G2 sensitivity was significantly greater (p = 0.001) than that of the remaining patients (Figure 5). In 16 patients with adverse acute reactions we found no mutations of the ataxia-telangiectasia gene (ATM). Using another chromosomal assay (micronucleus induction in G0 lymphocytes) we found that the mean radiosensitivity of patients with severe late reactions was higher than that of normal reactors. For example, 8 patients with severe fibrosis were more sensitive (p = 0.055) than 39 patients with a normal response (Figure 6). However, the discriminatory power of these chromosomal assays is too low for them to be used alone in a clinical setting. CONCLUSION: Our results provide good evidence that genes other than ATM, that confer chromosomal radiosensitivity, are involved in low penetrance predisposition to breast cancer in a high proportion of cases and contribute to adverse reactions after radiotherapy.
    Citation
    Chromosomal radiosensitivity, cancer predisposition and response to radiotherapy. 2000, 176 (5):229-34 Strahlenther Onkol
    Journal
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/86140
    PubMed ID
    10847120
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0179-7158
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