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The deletion of exons 3-5 of BRCA1 is the first founder rearrangement identified in breast and/or ovarian cancer Spanish families.
Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2013
Palanca Sarai, de Juan Inmaculada, Perez-Simó Gema, Barragán Eva, Chirivella Isabel, Martínez Eduardo, Fuster Oscar, Bolufer Pascual
Abstract excerpt
We recently described a novel g.8097_22733del14637 deletion encompassing exons 3-5 in BRCA1 gene. This rearrangement was detected in 3 of 15 (20 %) breast and/or ovarian cancer families of Eastern Spain. This finding made us suspect that the newly identified deletion could be a founder mutation. To confirm this hypothesis we studied 18 subjects belonging to the three families under study, 11 deletion carriers and...
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