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Breast cancer risks in individuals testing negative for a known family mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2010
Domchek S M, Gaudet M M, Stopfer J E, Fleischaut M H, Powers J, Kauff N, Offit K, Nathanson K L, Robson M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in family members of individuals with known deleterious mutations can distinguish between patients at high risk of disease and those who are not. Some studies have suggested that individuals testing negative for known familial mutations (true negatives), may still have a higher risk of breast cancer (BC) than the general population. We have examined a prospectively...
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