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Identification of a breast cancer family double heterozygote for RAD51C and BRCA2 gene mutations.
Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2015
Ahlborn Lise B, Steffensen Ane Y, Jønson Lars, Djursby Malene, Nielsen Finn C, Gerdes Anne-Marie, Hansen Thomas V O
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Next-generation sequencing has entered routine genetic testing of hereditary breast cancer. It has provided the opportunity to screen multiple genes simultaneously, and consequently has identified new complex genotypes. Here we report the first identification of a woman double heterozygote for mutations in the RAD51C and BRCA2 genes. The RAD51C missense mutation p.Arg258His has previously been identified in a...
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