Familial Breast Cancer

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PURPOSE: BRCA1/2 germline mutations are associated with impaired DNA double-strand break repair. We tested whether breast cancers in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers were more responsive to induction treatments than in noncarriers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were screened for germline mutation in a retrospective cohort of 90 patients (with 93 tumors) with a family history of breast and/or ovarian...

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