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BRCA2 mutation analysis of 87 Spanish breast/ovarian cancer families.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Dec 2001
Campos B, Diez O, Domènech M, Baena M, Pericay C, Balmaña J, del Rio E, Sanz J, Alonso C, Baiget M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that about 5% -10% of breast cancer (BC) cases is due to inherited predisposition. Early works reported that 45%-50% of site-specific BC families had BRCA1 mutations and 25%-35% BRCA2 mutations. However, these percentages could have been overestimated and likely vary among the populations studied. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analysed the BRCA2 gene in 87 Spanish breast/ovarian cancer...
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