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Genotype in BRCA-associated breast cancers.
The breast journal - 1 Jan 2000
Meric-Bernstam Funda, Gutierrez-Barrera Angelica M, Litton Jennifer, Mellor-Crummey Lauren, Ready Kaylene, Gonzalez-Angulo Ana Maria, Lu Karen H, Hortobagyi Gabriel N, Arun Banu K
Abstract excerpt
Women with BRCA1 or 2 mutations are at high risk for breast cancer. For BRCA1, a trend of increasing risk has been associated with increasing downstream (3') location for mutations compared to the upstream (5') mutations in the gene. For BRCA2, an increased risk of breast cancer has been associated with mutations outside of the ovarian cancer cluster region (OCCR). We sought to determine the mutation position in...
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