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A novel de novo BRCA1 mutation in a Chinese woman with early onset breast cancer.
Familial cancer - 1 Jun 2011
Kwong Ava, Ng Enders K O, Tang Edmund Y H, Wong Chris L P, Law Fian B F, Leung Candy P H, Chan Aaron, Cheung M T, To M Y, Ma Edmond S K, West Dee W, Ford James M
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in the two breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2 account for a significant portion of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. De novo mutations such as multiple exon deletion are rarely occurred in BRCA1 and BRCA2. During our mutation screening for BRCA1/2 genes to Chinese women with risk factors for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer, we identified a novel germline mutation, consisting...
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