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Absence of genomic BRCA1 and BRCA2 rearrangements in Ashkenazi breast and ovarian cancer families.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Sept 2010
Stadler Zsofia K, Saloustros Emmanuel, Hansen Nichole A L, Schluger Alice E, Kauff Noah D, Offit Kenneth, Robson Mark E
Abstract excerpt
A substantial proportion of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) breast and ovarian cancer families carry one of three founder mutations in BRCA1 (185delAG, 5382InsC) and BRCA2 (6174delT). Non-founder mutations are identified in another 2-4% of such families. The extent to which major genomic rearrangements in BRCA contribute to breast and ovarian cancer in the Ashkenazim is not well understood. We identified AJ individuals...
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