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Genetic testing in a cohort of young patients with HER2-amplified breast cancer.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Mar 2016
Eccles D M, Li N, Handwerker R, Maishman T, Copson E R, Durcan L T, Gerty S M, Jones L, Evans D G, Haywood L, Campbell I
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BACKGROUND: Young age at diagnosis for breast cancer raises the question of genetic susceptibility. We explored breast cancer susceptibility genes testing on ≤40-year-old patients with HER2-amplified invasive breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were selected from a large UK cohort study. The inclusion criterion was age ≤40 at diagnosis with confirmed HER2-amplified breast cancer. The probability of...
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