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To gain insights into the germline genetic factors driving predisposition to AMPCA, the analysis focused on the role of homologous recombination (HR) genes in its oncogenesis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed germline testing results from 26,159 patients with cancer undergoing clinical tumor-normal sequencing from May 2015 to November 2022, of which 112 individuals had AMPCA. Germline and somatic alteration profiles were analyzed for the different histologic subtypes of AMPCA, and a subset of cases were selected for whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to determine the presence of HR deficiency (HRD).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Pathogenic variants in HR pathway genes were identified in 17\/72 (23.6%), 0\/26 (0.0%), and 1\/14 (7.1%) patients with pancreatobiliary (PAMPCA), intestinal (IAMPCA), and other (mixed, neuroendocrine, adenosquamous) subtypes of AMPCA, respectively. Germline pathogenic variants in core HR genes, including\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">BRCA1<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">BRCA2<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">PALB2<\/jats:italic>\n                      , were exclusively detected in the PAMPCAs, and one\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ATM<\/jats:italic>\n                      germline pathogenic variant was detected in a case with mixed intestinal and pancreatobiliary features. HRD features were detected in all four representative PAMPCA tumor samples that underwent WGS and HRDetect analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Germline pathogenic variants in the HR pathway genes drive oncogenesis in a large subset of PAMPCAs. 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