Article
An unaffected individual from a breast/ovarian cancer family with germline mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Moslehi R, Russo D, Phelan C, Jack E, Antman K, Narod S
Abstract excerpt
Currently many centers offer testing for three specific mutations, 185delAG, 5382insC, and 6174delT, in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes to Ashkenazi Jewish individuals at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. We recently tested members of a family with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer (Family R014). The proband in this family tested positive for the 185delAG mutation. The unaffected sister of the proband...
Topics
- Adult
- BRCA2 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms
- Fathers
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mothers
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Pedigree
- Transcription Factors
