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BRCA1 founder mutations compared to ovarian cancer in Belarus.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Savanevich Alena, Oszurek Oleg, Lubiński Jan, Cybulski Cezary, Dębniak Tadeusz, Narod Steven A, Gronwald Jacek
Abstract excerpt
In Belarus and other Slavic countries, founder mutations in the BRCA1 gene are responsible for a significant proportion of breast cancer cases, but the data on contribution of these mutations to ovarian cancers are limited. To estimate the proportion of ovarian cancers in Belarus, which are dependent on BRCA1 Slavic founder mutations, we sought the presence of three most frequent mutations (BRCA1: 5382insC, C61G...
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