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Clinical classification of BRCA1 and BRCA2 DNA sequence variants: the value of cytokeratin profiles and evolutionary analysis--a report from the kConFab Investigators.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Apr 2008
Spurdle Amanda B, Lakhani Sunil R, Healey Sue, Parry Suzanne, Da Silva Leonard M, Brinkworth Ross, Hopper John L, Brown Melissa A, Babikyan Davit, Chenevix-Trench Georgia, Tavtigian Sean V, Goldgar David E
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PURPOSE: Rare missense substitutions and in-frame deletions of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes present a challenge for genetic counseling of individuals carrying such unclassified variants. We assessed the value of tumor immunohistochemical markers in conjunction with genetic and evolutionary approaches fo...
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