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Comprehensive analysis of 989 patients with breast or ovarian cancer provides BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation profiles and frequencies for the German population.
International journal of cancer - 1 Feb 2002
Meindl A
Abstract excerpt
The main focus of this German-wide multi-center study was to establish a BRCA1/2 mutation profile and to determine family types with high frequencies of mutations in these genes. In a comprehensive study, the entire coding sequences of the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 were analyzed in 989 unrelated patients from German breast/ovarian cancer families. A total of 77 BRCA1 and 63 BRCA2 distinct deleterious...
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