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Uptake of offer to receive genetic information about BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in an Australian population-based study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2004
Keogh Louise A, Southey Melissa C, Maskiell Judi, Young Mary-Anne, Gaff Clara L, Kirk Judy, Tucker Katherine M, Rosenthal Doreen, McCredie Margaret R E, Giles Graham G, Hopper John L
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Research on the utilization of genetic testing services for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 has focused on women with a strong family history of breast and ovarian cancer. We conducted a population-based case-control-family study of Australian women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer before age 40 years, unselected for family history, and tested for germ line mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Case subjects found to...
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