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BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2 c.1100 delC mutations in patients with double primaries of the breasts and/or ovaries.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2010
Evans D Gareth, Ahmed Munaza, Bayliss Stuart, Howard Emma, Lalloo Fiona, Wallace Andrew
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BACKGROUND: Previous publications and utilisation of risk models for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation identification suggests that multiple primary disease in an individual is a strong predictor of a BRCA1/2 mutation and that this is more predictive than the same cancers occurring in close relatives. METHODS: This study assessed the pathological mutation detection rates for BRCA1, BRCA2 and the CHEK2c.1100 delC mutation...
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