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SEOM clinical guidelines in Hereditary Breast and ovarian cancer.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Dec 2015
Llort G, Chirivella I, Morales R, Serrano R, Sanchez A Beatriz, Teulé A, Lastra E, Brunet J, Balmaña J, Graña B
Abstract excerpt
Approximately, 7 % of all breast cancers (BC) and 11-15 % of ovarian cancers (OC) are associated with inherited predisposition, mainly related to germline mutations in high penetrance BRCA1/2 genes. Clinical criteria for genetic testing are based on personal and family history to estimate a minimum 10 % detection rate. Selection criteria are evolving according to new advances in this field and the clinical...
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