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High frequency of recurrent mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in Polish families with breast and ovarian cancer.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2000
Grzybowska E, Zientek H, Jasinska A, Rusin M, Kozlowski P, Sobczak K, Sikorska A, Kwiatkowska E, Gorniak L, Kalinowska E, Utracka-Hutka B, Wloch J, Chmielik E, Krzyzosiak W J
Abstract excerpt
Germ-line mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes result in a significantly increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Other genes involved in an increased predisposition to breast cancer include the TP53 gene, mutated in Li-Fraumeni syndrome. To estimate the frequency of germ-line mutations in these three genes in Upper Silesia, we have analyzed 47 breast/ovarian cancer families from that region. We found five...
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