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[Multiple primary malignancies in BRCA1 mutation carriers--two clinical cases].
Ginekologia polska - 1 Oct 2013
Badora Agnieszka, Kaleta Beata, Nowara Elzbieta, Sikora-Jopek Marlena, Budryk Magdalena, Smok-Ragankiewicz Anna
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes account for the majority of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. So far; risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy has been the most effective strategy for gynecological cancer prevention in susceptibility gene mutation carriers. It does not prevent, however from the occurrence of primary peritoneal cancer We present two clinical cases of patients with the BRCA1 gene mutation. Both...
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