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Characteristics of BRCA1 mutations in a population-based case series of breast and ovarian cancer.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jun 2000
Anton-Culver H, Cohen P F, Gildea M E, Ziogas A
Abstract excerpt
Breast and ovarian cancers account for approximately 210000 newly diagnosed cases per year. More than half a million American women are estimated to be carriers of a breast cancer susceptibility gene. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of characteristics such as, age at diagnosis, race/ethnicity and family history of cancer with inherited BRCA1 mutations in a population-based sample of breast...
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