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Clinicopathologic characteristics and BRCA-1/BRCA-2 mutations of Turkish patients with breast cancer.
Bratislavske lekarske listy - 1 Jan 2011
Aydin F, Akagun T, Yildiz B, Fidan E, Ozdemir F, Kavgaci H
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BACKGROUND: BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 are two major susceptibility genes for breast cancer. Between 30-70 % of hereditary breast cancers are thought to be attributed to mutations in BRCA-1 or BRCA-2. The aim of our study was to investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics and BRCA mutations of patients with breast cancer living in the northeast region of Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred eleven patients...
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