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Cancer risks in Jewish male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2015
Laitman Yael, Keinan Boker Lital, Liphsitz Irena, Weissglas-Volkov Daphna, Litz-Philipsborn Shira, Schayek Hagit, Friedman Eitan
Abstract excerpt
Cancer risks and tumor types in male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are still unsettled. Cancer risks in men who were found to harbor a BRCA1 (n = 150) or a BRCA2 (n = 88) mutation or both (n = 2) were assessed by cross referencing with data on cancer occurrence in the Israeli National Cancer Registry. Incidence rates in mutation carriers were compared with men who were counseled, genotyped, and found not to...
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