[Hereditary breast cancer].

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Ten per cent of all breast cancer cases have a strong hereditary component in which half carry a deleterious mutation in the high penetrance genes BRCA1 or BRCA2. These genes confer a lifetime risk of 60-80% for breast cancer and 20-40% for ovarian cancer. Since the identification of these genes in the mid-1990s, an interdisciplinary approach was established in 12 specialized university-based centres in Germany...

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