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High incidence of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in ovarian cancer.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 Jul 2007
Smirnova T Yu, Pospekhova N I, Lyubchenko L N, Tjulandin S A, Gar'kavtseva R F, Ginter E K, Karpukhin A V
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the studied sampling of 74 patients with ovarian cancer was 19%. The incidence of mutations in the Russian sampling of patients, formed without consideration for the family history, is one of the highest in European countries. Retrospective analysis showed that 9% patients carrying mutation had no family history of ovarian or breast cancer. The majority...
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