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Diagnostic imaging in the clinical management of patients at high risk for breast cancer.
Rays - 1 Jan 2000
Pastore Giovanna, Canadè Adolfo, Costantini Melania, Terribile Daniela, Nardone Luigia, Belli Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Although being predominantly anecdotal, breast carcinoma shows a considerable component of multifactorial genetic transmission, referable to dominant autosomal inheritance. Among the genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer two main genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) have already been identified. At present, genetic tests to identify known inherited mutations associated with breast tumor predisposition, are available....
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