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[Ethnic aspects of hereditary breast cancer in the region of Siberia].
Vestnik Rossiiskoi akademii meditsinskikh nauk - 1 Jan 2014
Cherdyntseva N V, Pisareva L F, Ivanova A A, Panferova Ye V, Malinovskaya E A, Odintsova I N, Doroshenko A V, Gervas P A, Slonimskaya E M, Shivit-ool A A, Dvornichenko V V, Choinzonov Ye L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ethnic diversity of the population in the region of Siberia suggests the existence of different germline mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer in different ethnic populations, but spectrum of these mutations has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the frequency of the most common mutations BRCA1/2 (BRCA1 5382insC, BRCA1 185delAG, BRCA1 4153delAG,...
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