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Effect of CHEK2 missense variant I157T on the risk of breast cancer in carriers of other CHEK2 or BRCA1 mutations.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Cybulski C, Górski B, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Gronwald J, Debniak T, Wokolorczyk D, Jakubowska A, Serrano-Fernández P, Dork T, Narod S A, Lubinski J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Carriers of heterozygous mutations in CHEK2 or BRCA1 are at increased risk of breast cancer. These mutations are rare and a very small number of women in a population will carry two mutations. However, it is of interest to estimate the breast cancer risks associated with carrying two...
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