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BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in a population-based study of male breast cancer.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2002
Basham Victoria M, Lipscombe Julian M, Ward Joanna M, Gayther Simon A, Ponder Bruce A J, Easton Douglas F, Pharoah Paul D P
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BACKGROUND: The contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 to the incidence of male breast cancer (MBC) in the United Kingdom is not known, and the importance of these genes in the increased risk of female breast cancer associated with a family history of breast cancer in a male first-degree relative is unclear. METHODS: We have carried out a population-based study of 94 MBC cases collected in the UK. We screened genomic...
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