Ovarian reserve of women with and without BRCA pathogenic variants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gasparri, Maria Luisa; Di Micco, Rosa; Zuber, Veronica; Taghavi, Katayoun; Bianchini, Giampaolo; Bellaminutti, Serena; Meani, Francesco; Graffeo, Rossella; Candiani, Massimo; Mueller, Michael D.; Papadia, Andrea; Gentilini, Oreste D (2021). Ovarian reserve of women with and without BRCA pathogenic variants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Breast, 60, pp. 155-162. Elsevier 10.1016/j.breast.2021.09.006

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INTRODUCTION

Preliminary clinical evidence suggests a detrimental effect of pathogenic variants of BRCA1 and 2 genes on fertility outcome. This meta-analysis evaluates whether women carrying BRCA mutations (BRCAm) have decreased ovarian reserve, in terms of Anti-Muellerian Hormone (AMH), compared to women without BRCAm (wild-type).

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Systematic searches of PubMed, Medline, Scopus, Embase, Science Direct and the Cochrane Library from inception until July 2020 were conducted. All studies comparing AMH level in fertile age women, with and without BRCA pathogenic variants were considered. Sub-analyses were performed according to age, presence of breast cancer, and type of mutation.

RESULTS

Among 64 studies, 10 series were included. For the entire cohort, a trend of reduced AMH level were found between BRCAm carriers and women without pathogenic variants. BRCAm carriers aged 41-years or younger had lower AMH levels compared to 41-years or younger wild type women (OR: 0.73 [95%CI-1.12;-0.35]; p = 0.0002). This finding was confirmed for BRCA1m carriers (OR: 1 [95%CI-1.96;-0.05]; p = 0.004) whereas no difference was observed between BRCA2m carriers and wild type women. The same analysis on breast cancer patients with and without BRCAm achieved the same results.

CONCLUSION

Young BRCA1m carriers seem to have lower AMH level compared with wild type women and therefore a potential decreased ovarian reserve.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Taghavi, Katayoun, Mueller, Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0960-9776

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger

Date Deposited:

14 Oct 2021 16:35

Last Modified:

03 Jan 2023 14:59

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.breast.2021.09.006

PubMed ID:

34627117

Uncontrolled Keywords:

AMH BRCA pathogenic variants BRCA1m BRCA2m Breast cancer Ovarian reserve

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/160001

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160001

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