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Full-exon pyrosequencing screening of BRCA germline mutations in Mexican women with inherited breast and ovarian cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Vaca-Paniagua Felipe, Alvarez-Gomez Rosa María, Fragoso-Ontiveros Verónica, Vidal-Millan Silvia, Herrera Luis Alonso, Cantú David, Bargallo-Rocha Enrique, Mohar Alejandro, López-Camarillo César, Pérez-Plasencia Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary breast cancer comprises 10% of all breast cancers. The most prevalent genes causing this pathology are BRCA1 and BRCA2 (breast cancer early onset 1 and 2), which also predispose to other cancers. Despite the outstanding relevance of genetic screening of BRCA deleterious variants in patients with a history of familial cancer, this practice is not common in Latin American public institutions. In this...
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