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Ovarian cancer survival in Ashkenazi Jewish patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Apr 2001
Ramus S J, Fishman A, Pharoah P D, Yarkoni S, Altaras M, Ponder B A
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PURPOSE: To compare the clinical characteristics and survival of Ashkenazi Jewish ovarian cancer patients with and without BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. METHODS: An unselected series of 118 Ashkenazi Jewish ovarian cancer patients were screened for the three common founder mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Patient survival and other clinical characteristics of the tumours were compared in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2...
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