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Susceptibility to breast cancer: hereditary syndromes and low penetrance genes.
Breast disease - 1 Jan 2000
Nusbaum Rachel, Vogel Kristen J, Ready Kaylene
Abstract excerpt
Several genes are associated with hereditary susceptibility to breast cancer. Most notably these include BRCA1 and BRCA2; however, other less common gene mutations which confer elevated breast cancer risk are associated with Cowden syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia heterozygosity and hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. In this article we highlight the genetic...
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