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Identification of a Danish breast/ovarian cancer family double heterozygote for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2010
Steffensen Ane Y, Jønson Lars, Ejlertsen Bent, Gerdes Anne-Marie, Nielsen Finn C, Hansen Thomas V O
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Mutations in the two breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are associated with increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Patients with mutations in both genes are rarely reported and often involve Ashkenazi founder mutations. Here we report the first identification of a Danish breast and ovarian cancer family heterozygote for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The BRCA1 nucleotide 5215G >...
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