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The rate of the founder Jewish mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 in prostate cancer patients in Israel.
British journal of cancer - 1 Aug 2000
Vazina A, Baniel J, Yaacobi Y, Shtriker A, Engelstein D, Leibovitz I, Zehavi M, Sidi A A, Ramon Y, Tischler T, Livne P M, Friedman E
Abstract excerpt
Inherited predisposition occurs in 5-10% of all prostate cancer (CaP) patients, but the genes involved in conferring genetic susceptibility remain largely unknown. Several lines of evidence indicate that germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 might be associated with an increased risk for CaP. Three mutations in these two genes (185delAG and 5382InsC (BRCA1) and 6174delT (BRCA2) occur in about 2.5% of the general...
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