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Translational advances regarding hereditary breast cancer syndromes.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Apr 2012
Gage M, Wattendorf D, Henry L R
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 5-10% of breast cancers may be inheritable, up to 90% of which are due to mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. A substantial minority are caused by non-BRCA mutations, such as TP53, PTEN, STK11, CHEK2, ATM, BRIP1, and PALB2 mutations. This review highlights translational research advances with regard to the development of probabilistic models for hereditary breast cancer syndromes, the identification of...
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