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Risk factors for ovarian cancer and early-onset breast cancer in Mongolia.
European journal of gynaecological oncology - 1 Jan 2002
Elit L, Baigal G, Jack E, Munkhtaivan A, Narod S A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if there are founder BRCA1 mutations in the Mongolian population. METHODS: Seventeen women with ovarian cancer, 14 women with premenopausal breast cancer and one woman with both cancer types were interviewed to obtain family history, and hormonal, reproductive and environment risk factor information. Blood was collected for DNA analysis from these women to determine the frequency of BRCA1...
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