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Germline multi-gene hereditary cancer panel testing in an unselected endometrial cancer cohort.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Nov 2016
Ring Kari L, Bruegl Amanda S, Allen Brian A, Elkin Eric P, Singh Nanda, Hartman Anne-Renee, Daniels Molly S, Broaddus Russell R
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary endometrial carcinoma is associated with germline mutations in Lynch syndrome genes. The role of other cancer predisposition genes is unclear. We aimed to determine the prevalence of cancer predisposition gene mutations in an unselected endometrial carcinoma patient cohort. Mutations in 25 genes were identified using a next-generation sequencing-based panel applied in 381 endometrial carcinoma patients...
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