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Population attributes affecting the prevalence of BRCA mutation carriers in epithelial ovarian cancer cases in israel.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Jun 2003
Hirsh-Yechezkel G, Chetrit A, Lubin F, Friedman E, Peretz T, Gershoni R, Rizel S, Struewing J P, Modan B
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OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations in selected categories of ovarian cancer patients in Israel. METHODS: Blood samples and specimens of ovarian tumors were obtained in the course of a national case control study of women with ovarian cancer in Israel. Eight hundred ninety-six patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, 40 cases with nonepithelial ovarian cancer, and 68 with...
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