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BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations screening in Algerian breast/ovarian cancer families.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2010
Cherbal Farid, Bakour Rabah, Adane Saida, Boualga Kada, Benais-Pont Gaelle, Maillet Philippe
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women in Algeria. The contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations to hereditary breast/ovarian cancer in Algerian population is largely unknown. Here, we describe analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in 86 individuals from 70 families from an Algerian cohort with a personal and family history suggestive of genetic predisposition to breast cancer....
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