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[Analysis of mutations in genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 among patients with breast and ovarian cancer in northern Portugal and Galicia].
Revista clinica espanola - 1 May 2002
Duarte F, Cameselle-Teijeiro J F, Soares R, Seixas C, Cortizo-Torres M E, Pérez-Villanueva J, Schmitt F C
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OBJECTIVE: To detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes by means of the protein truncation test (PTT) in a population in northern Portugal and Galicia with breast and ovarian cancer. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Patients in northern Portugal and Galicia with family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer.Patients. A total of 76 women with family history of breast cancer according to the BCLC criteria...
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