Familial Cancer Clinical Unit

María Currás Head of Clinical Unit
T +34 917328000 (Ext )
mcurras@cnio.es

Technicians

Alicia Barroso
Verónica García
Eduardo Gil
Miguel Ángel Grillo
Fátima Mercadillo
Pilar Redondo

Visiting Scientist

Marwa Mahdouani

The activity of the Familial Cancer Clinical Unit (FCCU) is divided into 2 main areas:

Genetic diagnosis in patients with suspected hereditary cancer using next-generation sequencing. 52% of our activity is dedicated to genetic diagnosis in the Familial Cancer Clinic of the University Hospital of Fuenlabrada (FCC-UHF), and 48% to providing this service to other hospitals in Madrid and the rest of Spain. Fifty-nine percent of the genetic diagnoses were carried out in index cases, while 41% were predictive studies in relatives to determine if they are carriers of a variant. We completed 203 urgent case studies to guide surgery and/or treatment, with results reported in less than 6-8 weeks. We also performed up to 50 extensions of previous studies (gene updates/tumour) and 67 variant reclassification reports (genetic information updates).
Research work. We participated in the identification of genetic factors and the interpretation of genetic variants of unknown significance (VUS) in the PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome (PHTS). We are involved in the IMPaCT-GENóMICA and IMPACT-VUSCan projects, having been one of the main participants in the Spanish Hereditary Cancer Variants Database (SpadaHC).

Publications

Michel M, Benítez-Buelga C, Calvo PA, Hanna BMF, Mortusewicz O, Masuyer G, Davies J, Wallner O, Sanjiv K, Albers JJ, Castañeda-Zegarra S, Jemth AS, Visnes T, Sastre-Perona A, Danda AN, Homan EJ, Marimuthu K, Zhenjun Z, Chi CN, Sarno A, Wiita E, von Nicolai C, Komor AJ, Rajagopal V, Müller S, Hank EC, Varga M, Scaletti ER, Pandey M, Karsten S, Haslene-Hox H, Loevenich S, Marttila P, Rasti A, Mamonov K, Ortis F, Schömberg F, Loseva O, Stewart J, D'Arcy-Evans N, Koolmeister T, Henriksson M, Michel D, de Ory A, Acero L, Calvete O, Scobie M, Hertweck C, Vilotijevic I, Kalderén C, Osorio A, Perona R, Stolz A, Stenmark P, Berglund UW, de Vega M, Helleday T (2022). Small-molecule activation of OGG1 increases oxidative DNA damage repair by gaining a new function. Science 376, 1471-1476. CNIO Publication.
Marchena-Perea EM, Salazar-Hidalgo ME, Gómez-Sanz A, Arranz-Ledo M, Barroso A, Fernández V, Tejera-Pérez H, Pita G, Núñez-Torres R, Pombo L, Morales-Chamorro R, Cano-Cano JM, Soriano MDC, Garre P, Durán M, Currás-Freixes M, de la Hoya M, Osorio A (2022). A Large Case-Control Study Performed in Spanish Population Suggests That RECQL5 Is the Only RECQ Helicase Involved in Breast Cancer Susceptibility. Cancers 14, 4738. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Feliubadaló L, Moles-Fernández A, Santamariña-Pena M, Sánchez AT, López-Novo A, Porras LM, Blanco A, Capellá G, de la Hoya M, Molina IJ, Osorio A, Pineda M, Rueda D, de la Cruz X, Diez O, Ruiz-Ponte C, Gutiérrez-Enríquez S, Vega A, Lázaro C (2021). A Collaborative Effort to Define Classification Criteria for ATM Variants in Hereditary Cancer Patients. Clin Chem 67, 518-533. CNIO Publication.
Figueiredo J, Mercadillo F, Melo S, Barroso A, Gonçalves M, Díaz-Tasende J, Carneiro P, Robles L, Colina F, Ibarrola C, Perea J, Morais-de-Sá E, Seruca R, Urioste M. (2021). Germline CDH1 G212E Missense Variant: Combining Clinical, In Vitro and In Vivo Strategies to Unravel Disease Burden. Cancers 13, 4359. CNIO Publication.
Glubb DM, Thompson DJ, Aben KKH, Alsulimani A, Amant F, Annibali D, Attia J, Barricarte A, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bermisheva M, Bernardini MQ, Bischof K, Bjorge L, Bodelon C, Brand AH, Brenton JD, Brinton LA, Bruinsma F, Buchanan DD, Burghaus S, Butzow R, Cai H, Carney ME, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Chen XQ, Chen Z, Cook LS, Cunningham JM, De Vivo I, deFazio A, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dunning AM, Dürst M, Edwards T, Edwards RP, Ekici AB, Ewing A, Fasching PA, Ferguson S, Flanagan JM, Fostira F, Fountzilas G, Friedenreich CM, Gao B, Gaudet MM, Gawelko J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Glasspool R, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Harris HR, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Hillemanns P, Høgdall E, Høgdall CK, Holliday EG, Huntsman DG, Huzarski T, Jakubowska A, Jensen A, Jones ME, Karlan BY, Karnezis A, Kelley JL, Khusnutdinova E, Killeen JL, Kjaer SK, Klapdor R, Köbel M, Konopka B, Konstantopoulou I, Kopperud RK, Koti M, Kraft P, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Larson MC, Le Marchand L, Lele S, Lester J, Li AJ, Liang D, Liebrich C, Lipworth L, Lissowska J, Lu L, Lu KH, Macciotta A, Mattiello A, May T, McAlpine JN, McGuire V, McNeish IA, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Nevanlinna H, Odunsi K, Olsson H, Orsulic S, Osorio A, Palli D, Park-Simon TW, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Permuth JB, Podgorska A, Ramus SJ, Rebbeck TR, Riggan MJ, Risch HA, Rothstein JH, Runnebaum IB, Scott RJ, Sellers TA, Senz J, Setiawan VW, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Spiewankiewicz B, Sutphen R, Swerdlow AJ, Szafron LM, Teo SH, Thompson PJ, Thomsen LCV, Titus L, Tone A, Tumino R, Turman C, Vanderstichele A, Edwards DV, Vergote I, Vierkant RA, Wang Z, Wang-Gohrke S, Webb PM; OPAL Study Group; AOCS Group, White E, Whittemore AS, Winham SJ, Wu X, Wu AH, Yannoukakos D, Spurdle AB, O'Mara TA (2021). Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Identifies Genetic Risk Regions Associated with Risk of Both Cancers. Cancer Epidem Biomar 30, 217-228. CNIO Publication.
Tapial S, García JL, Corchete L, Holowatyj AN, Pérez J, Rueda D, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R, Perea J. (2021). Copy neutral loss of heterozygosity (cnLOH) patterns in synchronous colorectal cancer. Eur J Hum Genet 29, 709-713. CNIO Publication.
Perea J, et al. (incl. Malats N, Urioste M) (2021). cohort profile: the Spanish Early-onset Colorectal Cancer (SECOC) cohort: a multicentre Cohort study on the molecular basis of colorectal cancer among young individuals in Spain.. BMJ Open 11, e055409. CNIO Publication.
Fachal L et al. (incl. Benítez J, González-Neira A) (2020). Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes. Nat Genet 52, 56-73. CNIO Publication.
Silvestri V et al. (incl. Benitez J) (2020). Characterization of the cancer spectrum in men with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants: results from the consortium of investigators of modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA).. JAMA ONCOLOGY 6, 1218-1230. CNIO Publication.
Yang X et al. (incl. Osorio A) (2020). Ovarian and breast cancer risks associated with pathogenic variants in RAD51C and RAD51D. J Natl Cancer I 112, 1242-1250. CNIO Publication.
Patel VL, et al. (2020). Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 With Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness. Cancer Res 80, 624-638. CNIO Publication.
Talhouk A et al. (incl. Benitez J) (2020). Development and validation of the gene expression predictor of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma molecular subTYPE (PrOTYPE).. Clin Cancer Res 26, 5411-5423. CNIO Publication.
Barnes DR et al. (incl. Benitez J, González-Neira ) (2020). Polygenic risk scores and breast and epithelial ovarian cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants. Genet Med 22, 1653-1666. CNIO Publication.
Martins FC, Couturier DL, Paterson A, Karnezis AN, Chow C, Nazeran TM, Odunsi A, Gentry-Maharaj A, Vrvilo A, Hein A, Talhouk A, Osorio A, Hartkopf AD, Brooks-Wilson A, DeFazio A, Fischer A, Hartmann A, Hernandez BY, McCauley BM, Karpinskyj C, de Sousa CB, Høgdall C, Tiezzi DG, Herpel E, Taran FA, Modugno F, Keeney G, Nelson G, Steed H, Song H, Luk H, Benitez J, Alsop J, Koziak JM, Lester J, Rothstein JH, de Andrade JM, Lundvall L, Paz-Ares L, Robles-Díaz L, Wilkens LR, Garcia MJ, Intermaggio MP, Alcaraz ML, Brett MA, Beckmann MW, Jimenez-Linan M, Anglesio M, Carney ME, Schneider M, Traficante N, Pejovic N, Singh N, Le N, Sinn P, Ghatage P, Erber R, Edwards R, Vierkant R, Ness RB, Leung S, Orsulic S, Brucker SY, Kaufmann SH, Fereday S, Gayther S, Winham SJ, Kommoss S, Pejovic T, Longacre TA, McGuire V, Rhenius V, Sieh W, Shvetsov YB, Whittemore AS, Staebler A, Karlan BY, Rodriguez-Antona C, Bowtell DD, Goode EL, Høgdall E, Candido Dos Reis FJ, Gronwald J, Chang-Claude J, Moysich KB, Kelemen LE, Cook LS, Goodman MT, Fasching PA, Crawford R, Deen S, Menon U, Huntsman DG, Köbel M, Ramus SJ, Pharoah PDP, Brenton JD (2020). Clinical and pathological associations of PTEN expression in ovarian cancer: a multicentre study from the Ovarian Tumour Tissue Analysis Consortium. Br J Cancer 123, 793-802. CNIO Publication.
Perea J, García JL, García-Olmo D, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R; ?on behalf of the Spanish EOCRC group and the European study of EOCRC group (EUREOC) (2020). Comment On: Clinicopathological Features and Oncological Outcomes of Patients With Young-Onset Rectal Cancer. Brit J Surg 107, e277. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Li H et al. (incl. Osorio A ) (2020). Alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and risk of breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from the BRCA1 and BRCA2 cohort consortium.. Cancer Epidem Biomar 29, 368-378. CNIO Publication.
Palacios J, de la Hoya M, Bellosillo B, de Juan I, Matías-Guiu X, Lázaro C, Palanca S, Osorio A, Rojo F, Rosa-Rosa JM, Cigudosa JC (2020). Mutational screening of BRCA1/2 genes as a predictive factor for therapeutic response in epithelial ovarian cancer: a consensus guide from the Spanish society of pathology (SEAP-IAP) and the Spanish society of human genetics (AEGH).. Virchows Arch 476, 195-207. CNIO Publication.
Carreño M, Pena-Couso L, Mercadillo F, Perea J, Urioste M (2020). Investigation on the Role of PALB2 Gene in CDH1-Negative PatientsWith Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 11, e00280. CNIO Publication.
Feng H, Gusev A, Pasaniuc B, Wu L, Long J, Abu-Full Z, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antoniou AC, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barkardottir RB, Barnes DR, Barrowdale D, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bia?kowska K, Blanco A, Blomqvist C, Boeckx B, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Bonanni B, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Broeks A, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Cai Q, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Canisius S, Campa D, Carter BD, Carter J, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL; GEMO Study Collaborators; EMBRACE Collaborators; GC-HBOC study Collaborators, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Cybulski C, Czene K, Daly MB, de la Hoya M, De Leeneer K, Dennis J, Devilee P, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dunning AM, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Ejlertsen B, Ellberg C, Engel C, Eriksson M, Fasching PA, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Fostira F, Friedman E, Fritschi L, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Ganz PA, Gapstur SM, Garber J, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz JA, Gaudet MM, Giles GG, Glendon G, Godwin AK, Goldberg MS, Goldgar DE, González-Neira A, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Haiman CA, Hall P, Hamann U, Hake C, He W, Heyworth J, Hogervorst FBL, Hollestelle A, Hooning MJ, Hoover RN, Hopper JL, Huang G, Hulick PJ, Humphreys K, Imyanitov EN; ABCTB Investigators; HEBON Investigators; BCFR Investigators; OCGN Investigators, Isaacs C, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jankowitz RC, John EM, Johnson N, Joseph V, Jung A, Karlan BY, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski JI, Konstantopoulou I, Kristensen VN, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Lazaro C, Leroux D, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lindor N, Lindström S, Lo WY, Loud JT, Lubi?ski J, Makalic E, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martens JWM, Martinez ME, Matricardi L, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, McGuffog L, Meindl A, Menon U, Michailidou K, Kapoor PM, Miller A, Montagna M, Moreno F, Moserle L, Mulligan AM, Muranen TA, Nathanson KL, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Nevelsteen I, Nielsen FC, Nikitina-Zake L, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade OI, Olsson H, Osorio A, Papp J, Park-Simon TW, Parsons MT, Pedersen IS, Peixoto A, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Pharoah PDP, Phillips KA, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Poppe B, Pradhan N, Prajzendanc K, Presneau N, Punie K, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rantala J, Rashid MU, Rennert G, Risch HA, Robson M, Romero A, Saloustros E, Sandler DP, Santos C, Sawyer EJ, Schmidt MK, Schmidt DF, Schmutzler RK, Schoemaker MJ, Scott RJ, Sharma P, Shu XO, Simard J, Singer CF, Skytte AB, Soucy P, Southey MC, Spinelli JJ, Spurdle AB, Stone J, Swerdlow AJ, Tapper WJ, Taylor JA, Teixeira MR, Terry MB, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thöne K, Thull DL, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Tollenaar RAEM, Torres D, Truong T, Tung N, Vachon CM, van Asperen CJ, van den Ouweland AMW, van Rensburg EJ, Vega A, Viel A, Vieiro-Balo P, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg CR, Weitzel JN, Wendt C, Winqvist R, Yang XR, Yannoukakos D, Ziogas A, Milne RL, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Zheng W, Kraft P, Jiang X (2020). Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status.. Genet Epidemiol 44, 442-468. CNIO Publication.