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Prevalence of recurring BRCA mutations among Ashkenazi Jewish women with breast cancer.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 1997
Robson M, Dabney M K, Rosenthal G, Ludwig S, Seltzer M H, Gilewski T, Haas B, Osborne M, Norton L, Gilbert F, Offit K
Abstract excerpt
The BRCA1 mutations 185delAG and 5382insC and the BRCA2 mutation 6174delT have been detected in a significant proportion of Ashkenazi Jewish women with early-onset breast cancer. A group of 236 Jewish women with breast cancer was screened for the presence of these alterations. Mutations were detected in 25.0% (59/236). Among women with breast cancer diagnosed at or before the age of 45, the prevalence of these...
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