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[Investigation of mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in 52 breast cancer patients].
Voprosy onkologii - 1 Jan 2002
Tereshchenko I V, Béshém V M, Slonimskaia E M, Ponder B A, Férokh P D, Velichko S A, Shagiakhmetova R A
Abstract excerpt
The proportion of BRCA1/2 genes varies widely among populations. We investigated 52 cases of breast cancer: 24 cases of familial breast cancer, 22--early-onset (till 40 years) and 6--bilateral cancer. The frequency of carriers of mutations among familial cancer cases was 16%, among cases of disease till 40 years--9%. 538insC BRCA1 was the most common genetic mutation among hereditary cases of breast cancer.
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