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No evidence of excess breast cancer risk among mutation-negative women from BRCA mutation-positive families.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2011
Korde Larissa A, Mueller Christine M, Loud Jennifer T, Struewing Jeffery P, Nichols Kathy, Greene Mark H, Mai Phuong L
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This analysis addresses risk of breast cancer among women in BRCA-positive families who test negative for the family mutation. We compared the number of prospectively diagnosed breast cancers in 395 mutation-negative women from 28 BRCA1/2-positive families to an age-, race-, and calendar time-specific expected number of breast cancers derived from the SEER 9 Cancer Registry. Study participants contributed a total...
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