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A Survey of BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 mutations in women with breast cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Aug 2016
Donenberg Talia, Ahmed Humayun, Royer Robert, Zhang Shiyu, Narod Steven A, George Sophia, Akbari Mohammad R, Ali Jameel, Hurley Judith
Abstract excerpt
The mortality rate from breast cancer in the nation of Trinidad and Tobago is among the highest of any country in the Caribbean region. The contribution of inherited gene mutations to the burden of breast cancer in Trinidad and Tobago has not been studied. We examined the prevalence of mutations in three susceptibility genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2) in breast cancer patients in Trinidad and Tobago. We studied...
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