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Pathologic characteristics of breast parenchyma in patients with hereditary breast carcinoma, including BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Cancer - 1 Jan 2003
Adem Camilo, Reynolds Carol, Soderberg Cheryl L, Slezak Jeffrey M, McDonnell Shannon K, Sebo Thomas J, Schaid Daniel J, Myers Jeffrey L, Sellers Thomas A, Hartmann Lynn C, Jenkins Robert B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: BRCA1 and BRCA2 alterations are associated with an increased risk of developing breast carcinoma. The authors hypothesized that the progression of breast neoplasia may differ between patients with hereditary disease and patients with nonhereditary disease and that this difference in progression may be visualized by studying the prevalence of precursor lesions and neoplastic lesions. METHODS: The...
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