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Testing for BRCA1 mutations: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2002
Sevilla Christine, Moatti Jean-Paul, Julian-Reynier Claire, Eisinger François, Stoppa-Lyonnet Dominique, Bressac-de Paillerets Brigitte, Sobol Hagay
Abstract excerpt
Breast carcinoma is the most common type of cancer affecting women in the Western world. The hereditary forms, which amount from 5 to 10% of all the cases of breast cancer, mainly involve BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Due to the diagnostic strategy used by the patent owner, Direct DNA sequencing (DS) may become the only BRCA1/2 test procedure available, although there exist several alternative strategies. A...
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