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Breast Conservation Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer in Ashkenazi Women With BRCA Gene Founder Mutations
15 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Whether women with breast cancer who have inherited mutations in these genes have a different outcome after breast conservation therapy than women with "sporadic" cancer is unresolved. Consequently, we compared the outcomes after breast conservation therapy in Ashkenazi women with or without...
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