This research was performed by the Engineering & Heritage research group at PUCP with collaboration from the Department of Structural Engineering of the University of Minho in Portugal. The authors would like to acknowledge the Directorate of Research Management at PUCP (project N° 349-2016) for funding this research. The second author also gratefully acknowledges CONCYTEC for the scholarship in support of her Master studies (Contract N° 027-2015 FONDECYT). Finally, the authors acknowledge the special support provided by the order of the Jesuits and the research assistant Rossemary Enciso.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC/CIENCIACTIVA-Peru, Process number 219-2014) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPqBrazil, process number 449609/2014-6).

(1) Background: Somatic mutations may be connected to the exposome, potentially playing a role in breast cancer’s development and clinical outcomes. There needs to be information regarding Latin American women specifically, as they are underrepresented in clinical trials and have limited access to somatic analysis in their countries. This study aims to systematically investigate somatic mutations in breast cancer patients from Latin America to gain a better understanding of tumor biology in the region. (2) Methods: We realize a systematic review of studies on breast cancer in 21 Latin American countries using various databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, RedAlyc, Dianlet, and Biblioteca Virtual en Salud. Of 392 articles that fit the criteria, 10 studies have clinical data which can be used to create a database containing clinical and genetic information. We compared...