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Ovarian cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: The impact of mutation position and family history on the cancer risk.
Maturitas - 1 Oct 2015
Teixeira Natalia, Mourits Marian J E, Vos Janet R, Kolk Dorina M van der, Jansen Liesbeth, Oosterwijk Jan C, Bock Geertruida H de
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OBJECTIVES: Assessing the combined impact of mutation position, regarding the ovarian cancer cluster region (OCCR), and type of cancer family history (FH) on age-related penetrance of ovarian cancer (OC) in women from BRCA1/2 families from the northern Netherlands. STUDY DESIGN: A consecutive series of 1763 mutation carriers and their first-degree relatives from 355 proven BRCA1/2 families with a history of...
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