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Contribution of BRCA1 large genomic rearrangements to early-onset and familial breast/ovarian cancer in Pakistan.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2017
Rashid Muhammad U, Muhammad Noor, Amin Asim, Loya Asif, Hamann Ute
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BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) account for the majority of hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancers. Pakistan has one of the highest rates of breast cancer incidence in Asia, where BRCA1/2 small-range mutations account for 17% of early-onset and familial breast/ovarian cancer patients. We report the first study from Pakistan evaluating the prevalence of BRCA1/2 large genomic...
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