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ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 103: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2009
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Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome is an inherited cancer-susceptibility syndrome. The hallmarks of this syndrome are multiple family members with breast cancer or ovarian cancer or both, the presence of both breast cancer and ovarian cancer in a single individual, and early age of breast cancer onset. Clinical genetic testing for gene mutations allows physicians to more precisely identify women who...
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