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Survival after breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 3 Feb 1999
Lee J S, Wacholder S, Struewing J P, McAdams M, Pee D, Brody L C, Tucker M A, Hartge P
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BACKGROUND: Studies of survival following breast and ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers have yielded conflicting results. We undertook an analysis of a community-based study of Ashkenazi Jews to investigate the effect of three founder mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 on survival among patients with breast or ovarian cancer. METHODS: We collected blood samples and questionnaire data from 5318...
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