[Breast cancer susceptibility genes].

Abstract excerpt

Five percent of all cases of breast cancer (BC) show a hereditary component related to gene mutations with an autosomic dominant transmission. To date, few genes are known to be responsible of hereditary BC. The germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes account for less than 50% of families with breast/ovarian cancer predisposition. The large percentage of families with multiple cases of female BC and no BRCA1...

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