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Germline Mutation in <i>BRCA1</i> or <i>BRCA2</i> and Ten-Year Survival for Women Diagnosed with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
15 Nov 2014
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PURPOSE: To analyze the effect of germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 on mortality in patients with ovarian cancer up to 10 years after diagnosis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We used unpublished survival time data for 2,242 patients from two case-control studies and extended survival time data for 4,314 patients from previously reported studies. All participants had been screened for deleterious germline mutations in...
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