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BRCA1/BRCA2
genes play a central role in DNA repair and their mutations increase sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents. There are conflicting data regarding the prognostic value of
BRCA
germline mutations in breast cancer (BC) patients. We collected clinical, pathological and genetic data of a cohort 925 BC patients preselected for genetic screening and treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, of whom 266 were
BRCA
carriers. Overall, 171 women carried a
BRCA1
mutation, 95 carried a
BRCA2
mutation, and 659 were non-carriers. In the entire cohort, there was a prolonged disease-free survival (DFS) for
BRCA
carriers (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.63; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.44–0.90 for
BRCA1;
HR = 0.72; 95%CI, 0.47–1.1 for
BRCA2
;
p
= 0.020) and a trend toward prolonged disease-specific survival (DSS; HR = 0.65; 95%CI, 0.40–1.1 for
BRCA1
; HR = 0.78; 95%CI, 0.44–1.38 for
BRCA2
;
p
= 0.19) though not statistically significant. In the TNBC group,
BRCA
carriers had prolonged DFS (adjusted HR = 0.50; 95%CI, 0.28–0.89
for BRCA1;
adjusted HR = 0.37; 95%CI, 0.11–1.25,
for BRCA2; p
= 0.034) and DSS (adjusted HR = 0.42; 95%CI, 0.21–0.82 for
BRCA1;
adjusted HR = 0.45; 95%CI, 0.11–1.9 for
BRCA2; p
= 0.023). In the non-TNBC group, the
BRCA1
or
BRCA2
mutations did not have any impact on survival. These results suggest that
BRCA1/BRCA2
germline mutations are associated with prolonged survival only if women were diagnosed with TNBC.