Variation in the BRCA2 gene in a child with medulloblastoma and a family history of breast cancer.

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The fact that BRCA genes operate as tumor suppressors is evident from the genetics of the different human disorders caused by inherited mutations. Germline mutations affecting 1 allele of either BRCA1 or BRCA2 confer susceptibility to different types of cancers such as breast cancer and medulloblastoma. A family with a history of cancer was identified in Eastern Turkey in which one of the family members (a...

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