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Report of Endometrial Cancer in Australian BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-positive Families.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Apr 2011
Duffy David L, Antill Yoland C, Stewart Colin J, Young Joanne P, Spurdle Amanda B
Abstract excerpt
There is evidence that tamoxifen treatment of BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers for prior breast cancer increases risk of endometrioid subtype endometrial cancer (EC), and suggestive evidence that BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers may be predisposed to EC in the absence of tamoxifen exposure. We assessed the association of EC with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation status in Australasian breast-ovarian families. Report of at least...
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