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Assessing BRCA carrier probabilities in extended families.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Jan 2006
Barcenas Carlos H, Hosain G M Monawar, Arun Banu, Zong Jihong, Zhou Xiaojun, Chen Jianfang, Cortada Jill M, Mills Gordon B, Tomlinson Gail E, Miller Alexander R, Strong Louise C, Amos Christopher I
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PURPOSE: Carrier prediction models estimate the probability that a person has a BRCA mutation. We evaluated the accuracy of the BOADICEA model and compared its performance with that of other models (BRCAPRO, Myriad I and II, Couch, and Manchester Scoring System). We also studied the effect of extended family information on risk estimation using BOADICEA. METHODS: We compared the area under receiver operating...
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