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BRCA1, BRCA2 and PALB2 mutations and CHEK2 c.1100delC in different South African ethnic groups diagnosed with premenopausal and/or triple negative breast cancer.
BMC cancer - 17 Nov 2015
Francies F Z, Wainstein T, De Leeneer K, Cairns A, Murdoch M, Nietz S, Cubasch H, Poppe B, Van Maerken T, Crombez B, Coene I, Kerr R, Slabbert J P, Vral A, Krause A, Baeyens A, Claes K B M
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BACKGROUND: Current knowledge of the aetiology of hereditary breast cancer in the four main South African population groups (black, coloured, Indian and white) is limited. Risk assessments in the black, coloured and Indian population groups are challenging because of restricted information regarding the underlying genetic contributions to inherited breast cancer in these populations. We focused this study on...
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