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The pathology of familial breast cancer: The pre-BRCA1/BRCA2 era: historical perspectives.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 1999
van de Vijver M J
Abstract excerpt
A proportion of breast carcinomas develop as a result of a genetic predispostion to the disease. Prior to cloning of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes a limited number of studies were carried out to identify specific histopathological characteristics of hereditary breast cancer. These studies are the subject of this review. The main finding was the association of the (atypical) medullary type of breast cancer with a...
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